CT 53, 009 (P313424)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313424 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | You took over [the property of] m[y] father's house [...]: the woman Ilussa and her two sons, the woman Muhhi-ili-šapkaku and her daughter, a total of 5 persons; a bed including a wooden board, 3 blankets, a bedspread, chairs, (and) a table. |
| Obverse [11:20] o 1212– | My father ordered: "Her daughter is to be adopted." She has given (her) in accordance with her preference one silve[r] bracelet (and) one silver daššu-implement. In all, 32 shekels of si[l]ver on the golden weight. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | It is a deed that is adverse to my lord. I myself have no bread to eat; my lord knows that. May my lord do what he sees fit. |
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] | |
| 2 | E₂—AD-⸢ia⸣ E₂—AD-⸢ia⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | ta-⸢ta⸣-ha-za | |
| 4 | {mi₂}DINGIR-u₂-sa 02 DUMU-MEŠ-ša₂ | |
| 5 | {mi₂}UGU-hi—DINGIR—ša₂-ap-ka-ku | |
| 6 | DUMU.MI₂-sa | |
| 7 | PAB 05 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {giš}NA₂ a-di {giš}DA | |
| 9 | 03 {tug₂}dap₂-pa-sat | |
| 10 | {tug₂}qar-ra-ru | |
| 11 | {giš}GU.ZA-MEŠ {giš}⸢BANŠUR⸣ | |
| 12 | AD-ia iq-ṭi-bi | |
| 13 | ma-a DUMU.MI₂-sa | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na DUMU-⸢ut-te⸣ | |
| 2 | 01-te HAR KUG.⸢UD⸣ | |
| 3 | 01-te da-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ KUG.UD | |
| 4 | PAB 32 GIN₂ ⸢KUG⸣.UD KI.LAL ša₂-an-ši | |
| 5 | pi-it-te TA@v ŠA₃-bi-ša₂-ni | |
| 6 | ta-ti-din | |
| 7 | dul-lu ša ina IGI EN-ia | |
| 8 | mah-hur-u-ni šu-u-tu | |
| 9 | a-na-ku NINDA-MEŠ ina ⸢a⸣-kal-li-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 10 | la-aš₂-šu₂ EN u₂-da | |
| 11 | mi-nu ša EN e-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
| 12 | le-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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