CT 53, 011 (P313426)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313426 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 8 horses trained to the yoke, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 15 cavalry mounts: |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 23 [horses] in all; |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | 3 m[ules] from [...], |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | 3 ...-mu[les]: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 6 mule[s] in all — |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | a total of 29 horses and mule[s] have come in today from Manṣuate. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Month of Iyyar (II), 7th day. |
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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | 08 KUR-MEŠ ša ni-i-ri | |
| 9 | 15 KUR-MEŠ BAD-HAL | |
| 10 | PAB 23 [KUR-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | 03 {⸢anše⸣}[ku-din-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | ša [x x x x] | |
| 13 | 03 {anše}⸢ku⸣-[din-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | šul-la-[me] | |
| 2 | PAB 06 {anše}ku-⸢din⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | PAB 29 KUR-MEŠ ku-din-[MEŠ] | |
| 4 | ša {uru}man-ṣu-a-te | |
| 5 | ⸢UD-mu⸣ an-ni-u₂ | |
| 6 | e-tar-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | {iti}GUD UD 07-KAM₂ | |
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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