CT 53, 053 (P313468)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313468 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To (the lady) Balti-lešir, my lord: your (f.) servant Nabû-ahu-iddina. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | My father [has died]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | A messenger [of PN ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | before Nabû-zeru-iddina [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the scribe of [PN], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | saying: "[...] 15 min[as of ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | to Nabû-ba[lliṭ] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 17 people [...], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 4 sheep [...], |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | utens[ils ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | P[N, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | P[N, ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | "We [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | with the chief [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | we shall give [...]." |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I have accordingly wr[itten it down and] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | s[ent] it to my lord. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Let them summon Nabû-[... (and PN)]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | My father [said]: |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | "The(se) people are servants of my household." |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | I ... [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] are deposited in [...]muna; they are bringing it. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Let [my lord] take [...]. |
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 {mi₂}GAŠAN—⸢GIŠ EN⸣-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ki {1}{d}PA—PAB—AŠ | |
| 3 | AD-u-a ⸢gu x⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}A—šip-ri {lu₂v}A—šip-ri ⸢x x⸣ [x]-a | |
| 5 | pa-<na>-at {1}{d}⸢PA—NUMUN—AŠ x⸣ | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}A.⸢BA⸣ ša {1}[x x x x] | |
| 7 | ma-a 15 MA.⸢NA⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na {1}{d}PA—⸢bal⸣-[liṭ x x] | |
| 9 | 17 ZI-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | 04 UDU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-nu-[ut x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-a ni-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | TA@v {lu₂v}GAL—[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ni-din bu-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | i—da-te i—da-te a-⸢sa⸣-[ṭar] | |
| 8' | ina IGI EN-ia₂ a-sa-[pa-ra] | |
| 9' | re-ši {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[x x x] | |
| 10' | li-ši-u₂ ⸢AD-u-a⸣ [iq-ṭi-bi] | |
| 11' | ma-a UN-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 12' | ša E₂-ia šu-nu | |
| 13' | an-na-ku za 01 da ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 14 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ na [x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mu-na kar-ru i-na-šu-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-da li-ši | |
Sources & licences
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