CT 53, 917 (P314326)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 917 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314326 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To] the kin[g, my lord: your servant] Nabû-[duru-uṣur. Good health] to [the king, my lord]! The city of D[er and the fo]rt [are well]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The bod[yguard NN ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... in(to) my p]resence [......] |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | [...] N[N ......] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | Let the king [my lord] send [to] us [for ...] days [NN and ...]zû, the eunuchs [of ...], and let them [......] to the patient. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] should go [to De]r [...]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [Alternatively], the king, my l[ord], should come with [......]; he should sp[e]ak [with the king], my lord. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... the cit]y of Der with the ki[ng] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'– | [...] 5 Babylonians |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | [...] are going up |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | [...] a Babylonian |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1414–r.e. 1414 | [...] the royal seal |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka] {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[BAD₃—PAB] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu] a-na [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na] {urud}⸢de⸣-[ri DI-mu] | |
| 5 | [a-na {urud}HAL].ṢU [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] {⸢lu₂v}qur⸣-[bu-te x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x ina] ⸢pa⸣-ni\d-[ia x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x] ku [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]+⸢x ša⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ {lu₂v}⸢SAG-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x ina] UGU\d-hi-ni LUGAL\t | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-⸢ik UD⸣-me liš\d-pur-ru | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ina mar-ṣi li\d-iš-[x x] | |
| 6' | [x x {uru}de]-ri lil-⸢li\d⸣-ku | |
| 7' | [x x x x] LUGAL\t ⸢be-li₂⸣ TA@v\p {lu₂v}[x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-ni lil-li\d-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 9' | [TA@v LUGAL] be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ lid-[bu]-⸢ub⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x] {⸢uru⸣}de-ri TA@v\p ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x] 05 DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣ DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-lu-u₂\m | |
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣ DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x] ⸢un⸣-qu LUGAL | |
| 15 | [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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