CT 53, 007 (P313422)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313422 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant Gab[bu-ana-Aššur]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | The king of Urarṭu has assembled his army in Wazana; I have [n]ot heard where he intends to go. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | His son Melarṭua, and Aba[l]iuqunu, the governor [of ...], together with [their] tro[ops ......] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] they will attack [...]... The king, my lord, should know this; the king, my lord, should not say: "Why did you not write even though you heard?" |
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\t ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}gab-[bu—ana—aš-šur] | |
| 3 | {kur}⸢u₂\m-ra-ar-ṭa⸣-a.[a] | |
| 4 | e-mu-⸢qe⸣-šu₂ ina {kur}u₂-a-za-na\t | |
| 5 | up\d-tah-⸢hi-ir⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | be₂-et pa-[ni]-⸢šu₂-ni la⸣ aš₂-me | |
| 7 | {1}me-la-ar-⸢ṭu-a⸣ | |
| 8 | {lu₂vy}A-šu₂ {1}a-ba\t-li-u₂\m⸣-qu-nu | |
| 9 | {lu₂vy}EN.NAM ⸢ša⸣ {[kur}x x]+⸢x⸣-pa | |
| 10 | a-di e-⸢mu⸣-[qe-šu₂-nu] | |
| 11 | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x] KUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2' | i-⸢za-qu⸣-pu | |
| 3' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ lu-u u₂-da\d | |
| 4' | LUGAL EN lu-u la | |
| 5' | i-qab-bi ma-a ⸢ki⸣-i | |
| 6' | taš-⸢mu⸣-u-ni ma-a a-ta\m-a | |
| 7' | la ⸢taš⸣-pu-ra\p | |
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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