CT 53, 908 (P314317)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 908 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314317 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [The king's word to] Tammari[tu]: I [am well]; you [can be] glad. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | I have heard [what Aššur] and my gods have done; (that) they (fem.) have received [a fig]ht (and) [my troops] have gone and inflicted a massacre in Bit-Bunakka. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Also, those cities which they destroyed, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] placed |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [......] I rejoiced |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [......] the gods |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515– | my [......] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [...]. I also heard [that the god]s have in my name assisted you to defeat the Dinšarreans, and I rejoiced. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | All this [fig]hting which has happened is through my [...]; God (himself) has intervened [with] his bow, [beca]use my name is upon you. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Count [thi]s among my many favours. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-bat LUGAL a-na] {1}tam-mar—⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [DI-mu ia-a]-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 3 | [lu-u DUG₃].⸢GA⸣-ka as-se-me | |
| 4 | [ša₂ aš-šur] u DINGIR-MEŠ-ia e-pu-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 5 | [mih]-⸢ṣu⸣ ih-hur-a-ni | |
| 6 | [be₂-et] il-lik-u₂-ni | |
| 7 | [de]-ek-tu ina {uru}E₂—bu-nak-ka | |
| 8 | [i]-du-ku-u-ni u URU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ⸢am⸣-mu-u₂-te ša₂ ih-pu-u-ni | |
| 10 | [x] lu e-[x x] ⸢x⸣-ni-šu-nu | |
| 11 | ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] ⸢iš-kun⸣-u-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] ⸢ah⸣-tu₂-ud-du | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x]-nin-ni | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x]-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x]-⸢rab⸣-u-ni u as-se-me | |
| 2 | [ša DINGIR]-ME ina MU-ia is-se-e-ka | |
| 3 | [iz]-⸢zi⸣-zu-u-ni de-ek-tu₂ | |
| 4 | [ša] {⸢lu₂⸣}di-in-šar-a.a | |
| 5 | ⸢ta⸣-du-ku-u-ni ah-tu₂-ud-du | |
| 6 | [mih]-⸢ṣu⸣-u₂-ma an-ni-u₂ | |
| 7 | [gab]-bi-šu₂ ša₂ in-ne₂-piš-u-ni | |
| 8 | [ina {kur]}⸢par⸣-su-u-a šu₂-u DINGIR | |
| 9 | [ina] {⸢giš⸣}BAN-šu is-sa-kan | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢ki⸣ šu-mi₃ ina UGU-hi-ka-ni | |
| 11 | [an]-⸢ni⸣-u₂ TA@v\dm MUN-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 12 | [ma]-⸢aʾ⸣-da-a-te mu-nu | |
Sources & licences
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