CT 53, 004 (P313419)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313419 |
| 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 ...]-ka''in. [Good health to the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [The for]ts [and the land of the king, m]y lo[rd, are well]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] we [don't] know [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] told me: "He has se[t out] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [......] "He has not s[et out] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [......] "In [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 2121– | "They are keeping [an eye] on them." |
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 22b.e. 22– | I have sent (scouts) to go and inquire; (when) they come back with a detailed report, I shall write to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | A Šubrian emissary is just coming to the king, my lord. [Let them ...] in the presence of the king, my lord, whatever they have to say. Perhaps [......] |
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 | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}x—x]+⸢x⸣—GIN-in | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na {uru}bi-ra-a]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5 | [a-na KUR ša LUGAL] ⸢EN-ia⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢x im x⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x la] nu-u₂-da\d ša ⸢x⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] ⸢iq⸣-ṭi₂-bu-u-ni ma-a ut-⸢ta⸣-[mi-iš] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a la u₂-⸢nam⸣-[mi-iš] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x] ma-a ina [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x] nu [x x] | |
| 18 | nu-pa-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | ma-a [x] lik [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tu₂ | |
| 21 | ma-[a EN.NUN]-šu₂-nu i-na-⸢ṣu⸣-ru | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | a-sa-par ⸢it⸣-tal-ku i-ša₂-ʾu-u-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 23 | ṭe₃-e-mu har-ṣu il\t-la-ku-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-qab-bu-u-ni a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | a-šap-pa-ra an-nu-rig {lu₂v}MAH | |
| 3 | {kur}šub-ri-a.a ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia il\t-la-ka | |
| 4 | mi-nu ša\dym di-ib-bi-šu₂-nu-ni\d [ina] IGI LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-ni i—⸢su⸣-ur-ri [x x] | |
| 11 | la-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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