CT 53, 938 (P314347)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 938 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314347 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-rehtu-uṣur. May Bel and Belet, Nabû and Tašmetu, Ištar of] Nineveh and Ištar of [Arbela, your gods who] called [you by name to kings]hip, [keep you alive]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [Those who sin against] your father's [goodness, your father's and your own] treaty, and who [plot] against your life, shall be placed [in yo]ur [hands], and you will delete th[eir] seed [from Assyria and from] your [pala]ce! |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [This] is the word [of Mullis]su; the king, my lord, should n[ot] be ne[glectful] about it. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [On the 6th o]f Marchesvan (VIII) I had a vi[sion]: "[...] spend the night [...]" |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [I am] bound by the treaty of the ki[ng, my lord; I cannot conce]al the word[s of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | which have been done in your palace [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | he has not heard, and does not know [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | do not turn away your attention [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | destroy ... [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | and Bambâ [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | do not [......] their [......] |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—re-eh-tu₂—PAB {d}EN {d}GAŠAN {d}PA {d}taš-me-tum] | |
| 3 | {[d}15 ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}NINA {d}15 ša₂ {[uru}arba-il₃ DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ša MU-ka] | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL]-ti iz-kur-u-ni šu-⸢nu⸣ [lu-bal-li-ṭu-u-ka ša₂ ina ŠA₃] | |
| 5 | [ṭa-ab-ti] ša₂ AD-ka ina ŠA₃ a-de-e ⸢ša₂⸣ [AD-ka u ina ŠA₃ a-de-e-ka] | |
| 6 | [i-ha-ṭu-u-ni] ša₂ ina UGU ZI-MEŠ-ka ⸢i⸣-[da-ba-bu-ni] | |
| 7 | [šu-nu ina ŠU.2-⸢ka⸣ i-ša₂-ka-nu-šu-nu NUMUN-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu TA@v KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 8 | [TA@v ŠA₃ E₂].⸢GAL⸣-ka tu-hal-la-qa da-ba-bu [an-ni-u₂] | |
| 9 | [ša₂ {d}NIN].⸢LIL₂⸣ šu-u₂ LUGAL be-li ina ŠA₃-bi lu ⸢la⸣ [i-ši-aṭ] | |
| 10 | [ina UD x-KAM₂] ⸢ša⸣ {iti}APIN di-ig-lu a-da-gal ma-a [x x x] | |
| 11 | [ma-a ina ŠA₃-bi x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-bi-da EN—a-de-e EN—a-de-e EN—a-de-e ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia a-na-ku] | |
| 12 | [la mu-qa-a.a la u₂-pa-az]-⸢za⸣-ar di-ib-[bi ša₂ x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša ina E₂.GAL-ka ⸢ep-šu⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | la iš-me la u₂-da a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | PI.2-ka lu la ta-sa-hu-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | hal-⸢li⸣-qi a-na [x]+⸢x⸣ da ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ {1}ba-am-ba-a a-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢šu₂⸣-nu la ta-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-tu₂ u₂-qa-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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