CT 53, 036 (P313451)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313451 |
| 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 Sin-[ahhe-riba]. Good health to the k[ing, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [Assyria] is well, the tem[ples] are well, [all the king's] fo[rts] are well. The king, [my] lo[rd], can be [glad indeed]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Two big ... trees [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | on the 5th day of [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | to the city Šur[u ......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | On the 7th of [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Tu'ayu [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | came [to me ......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | among the medlar(s) [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | of the orchard [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] tree [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | cypres[ses ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | all [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | there [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | grape[s ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | recei[ved ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I gave orders [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the rites of Nisan (I) [......] |
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}30—[PAB—MEŠ—SU] | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | šul-mu a-na [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5 | šul-mu a-na ⸢E₂⸣.[KUR-MEŠ-te] | |
| 6 | šul-mu a-na {uru}⸢bi⸣-[rat ša LUGAL gab-bu] | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA] | |
| 8 | 02 {giš}UB-MEŠ\t KALAG-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | UD 05-KAM ša {⸢iti⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-na {uru}šu-u-⸢ri⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | UD 07-KAM ša {⸢iti⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {1}tu-u₂-a.a {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x ina pa-ni-ia] | |
| 13 | it-tal-ka ku-[x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃ {giš}KIB ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ša {giš}SAR [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {giš}[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {giš}ŠUR.⸢MAN⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | gab-bu šu-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢šu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {giš}KIN\t.⸢GEŠTIN⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | it-ta-ha-[ar x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ṭe₃-e-mu a-sa-[kan x x x x] | |
| 8' | dul-lu ša {iti}⸢BARAG⸣ [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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