CT 53, 057 + (P393858)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 057 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P393858 |
| 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/saa05 · 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 Ša-Aššur-dubbu. The best of health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66–o 1212 | As to the news of the priest of Penzâ about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "What did the king of Urarṭu send and decree for him about the official of [Ta]si? They should ask [...]" — |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [......] the king, my lord, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [......] the royal bodyguard |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [......] the messengers |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [of the governor] of Pulua |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [......] of Alzunu |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | [have co]me [... and arbitrated be]tween [... and] his brothers. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [With] clean [hands], the priest [...] to |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [......] the royal bodyguard |
| Obverse [21:23] o 2222–o 2323 | [......] entered |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Tidu [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [on the bor]der of Šub[ria] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... levied [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [The ... of the dist]rict [have ...ed] their equ[ip]ment |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] are staying in Pumu. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 7'7'–r 12'12' | The king, my lord, knows that [...]râ, the chief scout [of Hu-T]ešub, gave back [the ... o]f Rusa, and he [ap]pointed him [...]; now, there is no [......] in the presence of Hu-Tešub. |
| Reverse [12:17] r 13'13'–r 17'17' | [The Urarṭian has sent] him [a messenger] to Pumu, saying: "If you stay [in ...], g[iv]e back the [... and] the jewelry [th]at my father and I gave you." |
| Reverse [17:21] r 18'18'–r 21'21' | The messenger who came said: "Do not greet Hu-Tešub, and do not accept an agreement (from him), (or) I shall punish you!" |
| Reverse [21:25] r 22'22'–r 25'25' | Hu-Tešub sent a messenger to the Urarṭian together with his messenger; he went, (but) in the middle of the journey he arrested him, saying: |
| Reverse [25:30] r 26'26'– | "(You will be held) until I go and speak to [your] government; should they release you, you will g[o] and never return." |
| Edge [1:4] e. 22–e. 44 | [......] dead [...]s |
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\t ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ša\dm—aš-šur—du-ub-bu | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na {uru}bi-ra-a-ti | |
| 5 | a-na KUR ša\dm LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 6 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-me ša\dm {lu₂}SANGA | |
| 7 | ša\dm {uru}⸢pe⸣-en-za-a ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a mi-i-nu | |
| 9 | ša\dm LUGAL {kur}URI\m-a.a ina UGU-hi-šu | |
| 10 | iš-pur-an-ni u₂-ki-nu-⸢šu-u⸣-[ni] | |
| 11 | ma-a ina UGU {lu₂}pi-⸢qi₂⸣-ti ša {uru}[ta]-⸢si⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ liš-ul ⸢x⸣+[x]-⸢si⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}qur-bu-ti\t | |
| 15 | [x x x x {lu₂v]}DUMU—šip-ra-a-ni {lu₂v]}DUMU—šip-ra-a-ni | |
| 16 | [x x x x x] ša\dm {uru}pu-lu-u-a | |
| 17 | [x x x x x]-u-ni ša\dm {kur}al-zu\t-nu | |
| 18 | [x x x x it]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni [ina] bir-ti\t | |
| 19 | [x x x ina bir]-ti\t ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 20 | [uk-tin-nu x x] za-ki-ti {lu₂vy}SANGA ina UGU | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x x] {lu₂vy}qur-bu-ti\t | |
| 22 | [x x x x x x] ⸢e⸣-ta-rab | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x x x]-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x {uru]}ti\t-di [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ina ta-hu]-u₂-me ša\dm {kur}⸢šu-ub⸣-[ri-a] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-ma-nu ul-lu-tu₂ ⸢gi⸣-[x x] | |
| 5' | [ša na]-⸢gi⸣-e ⸢a⸣-[nu]-su-nu [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-⸢ru⸣-tu ina {uru}pu-u-me\p i-za-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 7' | {1}x-x]-ra-a {lu₂}GAL—da\d-a.⸢a-li⸣ {lu₂}GAL—da\d-a.⸢a-li⸣ | |
| 8' | [ša {1}hu]—⸢te⸣-šu-ub LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {1}ru-sa-a u₂-sa-hi-ir | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢ip⸣-ti-qi\t-su u₂-ma-a | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ina IGI {1}hu⸣—te-šu-bu | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]-da ⸢la⸣ me-me-ni | |
| 13' | {[lu₂vy}DUMU—šip-ri {[lu₂vy}DUMU—šip-ri ina] UGU-hi-šu₂ ina {uru}pu-u-me | |
| 14' | [i-sa-bar ma]-a šum₂-mu at-ta | |
| 15' | [x x x] kam-mu-sa-ka ma-a | |
| 16' | [x x x] du-ma-qi\t ša\dm AD-u-a | |
| 17' | ⸢ša⸣ a-na\t-ku a-di-a-kan-ni sa-[hi]-ra | |
| 18' | {[lu₂vy]}DUMU—šip-ri {[lu₂vy]}DUMU—šip-ri ša\m il-li-kan-ni | |
| 19' | [ma]-a šul-mu a-na {1}hu—te-šub | |
| 20' | la-a ta-qa-bi ri-ik-su | |
| 21' | la ta-ma-har a-su-na\t-ka | |
| 22' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}DUMU—šip-ri {⸢lu₂vy⸣}DUMU—šip-ri {1}hu—te-šu-bu | |
| 23' | ina UGU {kur}URI\dm-a.a TA {lu₂vy}DUMU—šip-ri-šu₂ {lu₂vy}DUMU—šip-ri-šu₂ | |
| 24' | i-sa-bar it-ta-lak ina meš-⸢li⸣ | |
| 25' | KASKAL ik-ta-la-šu₂ ma-a a-[di] | |
| 26' | al-la-ku-u-ni E₂—EN-MEŠ-[ka] E₂—EN-MEŠ-[ka] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 27 | a-⸢qa⸣-bu\tp-u-ni ma-a ⸢šum₂⸣-[mu] | |
| 28 | u₂-⸢ra⸣-mu-ka tal-⸢la⸣-[ka] | |
| 29 | la-šu ma [la] ta-sa-hur | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢a x⸣+[x x x] ši an | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] aš₂ u [x x x]-MEŠ UŠ₂-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ak⸣-ṣur [x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-ni li-din | |
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