CT 53, 921 (P314330)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 921 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314330 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the mother of the kin]g, [my] lor[d], [your servant: NN]. Good [hea]lth to [the mother of the king, my lord. May Sin], Nikkal, [Nusku], Šamaš, Aya, [DN, and DN] bless the king and the mot[her of the kin]g, [my lor]d. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 88–o 1414 | I myself, the deputy of the governor, the scribe, the deputy of the treasurer, the temple scribe, the priests of the temples of Harran, together with Šarru-lu-dari, the chariot-driver, weighed out and received 30 talents and [x+]6 minas of silver. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | [In] Shebat (XI) [...] the month [ ..., we] moved up [......] the works. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] at the right of the gods |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] the tail of a lion |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] the temple of [...] |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121–o 2222 | [...] a bed inlaid [with silver] |
| Obverse [22:24] o 2323–o 2424 | [...ca]me as far as the threshhold |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [... x] royal cubit(s) wide |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | [we have st]arted [work] on the lion. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | The heig[ht is ...] |
| Obverse [27:29] o 2828– | [... they] will per[form] the [r]itual |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | I will bring the [... just a]s the mother of the king [commanded]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] they approached [the mot]her of the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | I did not see a [...] of silver in the likeness of the wo[rk of the mother of the ki]ng, my lord. I in[scribed the name of the mother of the king] on as many [statues of the mother of the king] as they had made. [I also inscribed the name of RN], king of Assyria, on them. ... [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [... the ki]ng to the [...]s |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] (the city of) [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [......] the mother of the [kin]g |
| Reverse [16:20] r 1717–r 2020 | I had [a stat]ue of the mother of the king made for the [...]s which are [...] in the streets of Gadisê. Utensils [...] for (the city of) [...] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | of/which [......] |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | [......] the mother of the king, [my] l[ord] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | [......] which in [...] |
| Reverse [25:26] r 2626–r 2626 | [...] up to two days |
| Reverse [26:27] r 2727–r 2727 | [......] will be present |
| Reverse [27:29] r 2828– | [...] I will inspect [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 29r.e. 29–r.e. 29r.e. 29 | [... w]ith Nikka[l ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na AMA]—⸢LUGAL⸣ AMA]—⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ki {1}x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ [DI]-⸢mu⸣ [a]-⸢na⸣ [AMA—LUGAL [AMA—LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | {[d}30 {d}NIN.GAL {[d}PA.TUG₂] | |
| 5 | {⸢d}UTU⸣ {d}A.A [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL a-na ⸢AMA—LUGAL⸣ ⸢AMA—LUGAL⸣ be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 7 | li-ik-⸢ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 8 | a-na 30 GU₂.UN [x x]+06 MA.⸢NA KUG.UD⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢a-na-ku {lu₂}02-u₂ ša {lu₂⸣}EN.NAM | |
| 10 | {lu₂}A.BA {lu₂}02-[u₂] ša {lu₂}IGI.DUB | |
| 11 | {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR {lu₂}SANGA-MEŠ | |
| 12 | E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ša {uru}har-ra-na | |
| 13 | ⸢TA⸣ {1}LUGAL—lu—da-ri {lu₂}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [ni]-⸢ih⸣-ti-aṭ ni-ta-ah-ar | |
| 15 | [x] {iti}ZIZ₂ ⸢ŠA₃ x x⸣ {iti}[x] | |
| 16 | [x x]-u₂ ⸢x⸣ dul-⸢la⸣-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 17 | [nu]-se-li | |
| 18 | [x x] ša ZAG ša DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 19 | [x] KUN ša UR.MAH | |
| 20 | [x x x]+⸢x E₂ ša x⸣ | |
| 21 | [x x x x x] {giš}NA₂ | |
| 22 | [KUG.UD] ⸢u₂⸣-hu-zu | |
| 23 | [x x x] a-di ina ŠA₃-bi si-ip-pi | |
| 24 | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ka | |
| 25 | [x x x] KUŠ₃ LUGAL DAGAL | |
| 26 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ UR.MAH re-e-šu₂ | |
| 27 | [ni-ti-ši] x mu-lu-⸢x⸣ | |
| 28 | [x x x] ⸢dul₆⸣-lu ep-[pu-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 3 | [x x x x ki]-⸢i⸣ ša₂ AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 4 | [taq-bu-u-ni] la-aš₂-ši-a | |
| 5 | [x x x] hur | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢AMA⸣—LUGAL ⸢AMA⸣—LUGAL EN-ia iq-ṭi-u₂ | |
| 7 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-bu a-du-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 8 | [x x]-u₂ ša₂ KUG.UD ta-am-ši-il dul-[li] | |
| 9 | [AMA]—⸢LUGAL⸣ [AMA]—⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia la a-mur | |
| 10 | [NU-MEŠ AMA—LUGAL] AMA—LUGAL] am—mar e-pa-šu₂-ni | |
| 11 | [MU ša AMA—LUGAL] AMA—LUGAL] ina UGU-hi a-⸢sa⸣-[ṭar] | |
| 12 | [MU ša {1}x x x] MAN KUR—aš-šur ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | [a-sa-ṭar] ⸢a⸣-du-[x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-ni [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}[x x x]-du | |
| 16 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x AMA—LUGAL⸣ AMA—LUGAL⸣ | |
| 17 | [ṣal]-⸢mu⸣ ša AMA—⸢LUGAL⸣ AMA—⸢LUGAL⸣ ina UGU [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ša ina ŠA₃ SILA⸣-MEŠ {uru}ga-di-⸢se-e⸣ [x x] | |
| 19 | u₂-se-piš ⸢u₂-de-e⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 20 | a-na {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | ša [x x x x x]-⸢ia⸣ [x] | |
| 22 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 23 | [x x x x x] ⸢AMA—LUGAL ⸢AMA—LUGAL be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 24 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ina ⸢am⸣-[x x] | |
| 25 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-zu-⸢zi⸣ [x x] | |
| 26 | [x x x] a-du 02 UD-[MEŠ] | |
| 27 | [x x x x]-na-ti iz-az [o] | |
| 28 | [x x x x] am-ma-ra [x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 29 | [x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ {d}NIN.⸢GAL⸣ [x x] | |
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