CT 53, 970 (P314379)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 970 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314379 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [T]o [the king, m]y [lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN. Goo]d health to the k[ing, my lord]! May Nabû and [Marduk] bl[ess] the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66–o 1313 | The king, [my] lord, said concerning [...]: "Why does a governor in char[ge of ...] not d[o] the work of my (royal) house nor [give] bread to my house? Why are his arms in[ept]? What actually is your wo[rk]? [You are] not a scribe [...]. Why ... [...]?" — |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [The words] from the k[ing my lord's] mouth [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] ga[ve] orders [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] him. (As to) what the king [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] Why [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | [...] not [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the governor [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] what is [their] wor[k]? |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Their [...] trees [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... like]wise the town [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | I ... the harem manageress [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | The doors which the Assyrians [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | ...... I have [written down and] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | I will [...] to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Now, I have [...] from the governor; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | he will [... to] the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | The consumption of [... ... each] oth[er]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | ...... [...] of the cit[y ...] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'–r 16'16' | Let the king, my lord, ask them w[h]y [...] bread, (and) [let them perform] the king's work! |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | Now [......] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'– | to [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] the hands [of] the king, my lord, [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...... the k]ing, my 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] | |
| 2 | [EN]-⸢ia ARAD-ka⸣ {1}x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu]-u DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {⸢d⸣}AG [o] u₃ {d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia lik-[ru-bu] | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ sa-an-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | ma-a a-ta-a EN.NAM ša ina ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] | |
| 8 | dul-lu ša E₂-ia la e-pa-[aš₂] | |
| 9 | ma-a ku-sa-pu a-na E₂-ia la [id-dan] | |
| 10 | ma-a a-ta-a A₂.2-MEŠ-šu₂ is-sa-⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 11 | ma-a ik-ku-u mi-i-nu ⸢dul⸣-[la-ka] | |
| 12 | ⸢ma-a⸣ la {lu₂}A.⸢BA x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ta-a ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [da-ba-bu] ⸢ša TA@v⸣ pi-i ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia x x] | |
| 15 | [x x] ṭe₃-⸢e-mu⸣ iš-[kun-x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x]-ni-šu₂ ša LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-ta-a a-[x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]-u-ni la [x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ta a ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] {lu₂}EN.NAM [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] mi-i-nu dul-⸢la⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | [x x]-šu₂-nu GIŠ-MEŠ a-⸢x x⸣ mi [x] | |
| 5' | [x]-⸢bu x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x is]-⸢se⸣-niš URU [x] | |
| 6' | a-na-ku i-di ⸢x⸣ ša₂-kin₂-tu₂ taš-pu-[x] | |
| 7' | {giš}IG-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂v}aš-šur-a.a u₂-na-[x x] | |
| 8' | a-⸢x LUGAL⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣ as-sa-[x x] | |
| 9' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-ša₂-⸢aš₂⸣-[ma] | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a TA@v IGI EN.NAM ah-[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] LUGAL EN-ia i-[x x x] | |
| 12' | a-kil-tu ša [x x] a-he-⸢iš⸣ [x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢ag⸣ EN UD ma [x x x] ⸢ša₂ {uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢x x⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ liš-al-šu₂-nu | |
| 15' | ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢a⸣-[ta]-a ku-sa-pu [x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢dul-lu LUGAL EN⸣-ia [le-pu-šu₂] | |
| 17' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | a-na [x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ku ⸢x⸣ ŠU.2 LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-ia₂ x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ti-[x x x x] | |
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