CT 53, 963 (P314372)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 963 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314372 |
| 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 kin]g, my lord: your servant [PN. Good hea]lth to the king, [my] lord! May [Nabû and Marduk bless] the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [As to what the king], my [lord], w[rote] to his servant: "[...]" |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... 2 writing-board[s] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... PN], cupbearer [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] Aššur [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [whom the king] sent [to] his [se]rvant [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'– | [...] ... of the day [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 7r.e. 7–r.e. 7r.e. 7 | [... W]ho [would ...] in [his] lord's household |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 88–r.e. 88 | [that] I am [not loy]al (and) not [...]? |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 99–r.e. 99 | [The king], my [l]ord, [is as perfect] as Adap[a]. |
| Right [3:4] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | [As for me, I am] a servant who is l[oyal] to his lord. |
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 ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | [lu-u DI]-mu a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 3 | {[d}x {d}x] a-na LUGAL EN-ia ⸢lik⸣-[ru-bu] | |
| 4 | [ša LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ ina UGU ARAD-šu₂ ⸢iš⸣-[pur-u-ni] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢di⸣ zi [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ta-te [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-me-ni 02 {giš}ZU-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-⸢di⸣ {lu₂v}KAŠ.LUL [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] aš-šur ni [x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ARAD-šu₂⸣ iš-pur-u-ni [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-ba-ti ša UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | [x x] ⸢man⸣-nu ina E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 8 | [ki-i la ke]-⸢na⸣-ku-ni la-a [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂ a-ki a-da-⸢pi⸣ [ga-mir] | |
| 10 | [a-na-ku-ma] ARAD ša TA@v EN-šu₂ ⸢ke⸣-[nu-u-ni] | |
Sources & licences
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