CT 53, 951 (P314360)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 951 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314360 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]! May [Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel], Nabû, Nergal, [Ištar of Nineveh and Iš]tar of Arbela ordain [vigour, he]alth, happiness, [physical well-being] and long lasting days [for the king, my lord]! May they sate [the king, my lord], with [old age] and fullness of life! [May they keep firm the foundations of] the royal [thro]ne [of the king, my lord], until far-off days! |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | On the [...]th [day] Nergal went [......] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [......] and Nergal |
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-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR—MU] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {[d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL] | |
| 5 | [be-li₂-ia] ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu | |
| 6 | {[d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d]}PA {d}U.GUR | |
| 7 | {[d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {d]}15 ša₂ arba-il₃{ki} | |
| 8 | [ba-la-ṭu ša₂-la]-mu DUG₃-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 9 | [DUG₃-ub UZU-MEŠ] ⸢u₃⸣ a-rak UD-me | |
| 10 | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ liq-bi-u₂ | |
| 11 | [ši-bu-tu₂] lit-tu-tu | |
| 12 | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ lu-šab-bi-u₂ | |
| 13 | [iš-di {giš}GU].ZA šar-ru-ti | |
| 14 | [ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ a]-na UD-me ṣa-a-ti | |
| 15 | [lu-ki-in-nu UD x]-KAM₂ {d}U.GUR | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x it]-ta-lak | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u {d}U.⸢GUR⸣ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-ṭir | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ia⸣-um-ma | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢UGU⸣-hi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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