CT 53, 965 (P314374)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 965 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314374 |
| 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 [2:21] o 3'3'– | I will go to [...]. There is [a ritual]. In [the month of ...], on the 16th day, in the even[ing, Ištar] will g[o] through the great gate [and] descend into the cana[l ...]. There is a ritual [he will perform]. She will then come up from the canal, go under the gate of the temple of Nabû, and take a seat in the shrine's gate. [Th]ere is a [ritual] he will perfo[rm]. She will then go d[own] from the shrine's gate in[to the ...] of the palace which faces the [...] of the drinking place. He will fin[ish] 3 libation jars. This is not a ritual; this is nothing. It is not ancient — your father introduced [it]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | On the 19th is the mudarriktu (ritual). Ištar will proceed to the temple of Gula in the countryside and si[t] on a brick. We will make an offering [...] |
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' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-e ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-ši ⸢x al⸣-lak [dul-lu] | |
| 4' | i-ba-aš₂-ši ina ŠA₃-bi [ITI x x] | |
| 5' | UD 16-KAM₂ ina sa-⸢har⸣—[UD-me sa-⸢har⸣—[UD-me {d}15 | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃ ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL ra-⸢bi⸣-te tal-[lak x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢tu-ra⸣-ad ina ŠA₃ hi-ri-[te x x] | |
| 8' | dul-lu i-ba-aš₂-ši [e-pa-aš₂] | |
| 9' | TA@v UGU hi-ri-te ta-⸢la⸣-[ka] | |
| 10' | ina šap-la KA₂.GAL ša E₂—{d}PA | |
| 11' | ⸢tal-lak ina KA₂⸣ suk-ki tu-⸢šab⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [dul-lu i]-⸢ba⸣-aš₂-ši e-pa-[aš₂] | |
| 13' | TA@v KA₂ suk-ki ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša E₂.GAL ša pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | ša maš-qe-e tu-[ra-ad] | |
| 3 | 03 pa-gi-li u₂-gam-[mar] | |
| 4 | la dul-lu la me-me-e-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | la-a la-bi-ru šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 6 | AD-u₂-ka us-se-li [x x] | |
| 7 | UD 19-KAM₂ mu-da-ri-ik-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 8 | {d}15 E₂—{d}gu-la ša ṣe-e-[ri] | |
| 9 | ta-al-lak ina UGU SIG₄ tu-⸢šab⸣ | |
| 10 | {⸢udu⸣}SISKUR ni-na-sa-ah [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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