CT 53, 054 (P313469)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313469 |
| 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 | The very [best of health] t[o the king, my lord! Your servant Hu]-Tešub. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | A di[strict of Urarṭu] called [...] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [...... gove]rnors |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [The cava]lry of the ki[ng of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [have ...ed ag]ainst the palace herald. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | On account of the troops which are in Hubuškia, outside (the border), I am sending this letter of mine to .... |
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-ia₂ a—dan-niš] ⸢a⸣—dan-niš | |
| 2 | lu-[u DI-mu ARAD-ka {1}hu]—te-šub | |
| 3 | na\y-[gi-u x x x x x x]+⸢x i⸣-qab-bu-niš-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢bi⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-šu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x {lu₂vy]}⸢NAM\p⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]-a | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[lu₂vy}ša₂]—⸢pet⸣-hal ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ina] UGU {lu₂vy}NIGIR—E₂.GAL {lu₂vy}NIGIR—E₂.GAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina UGU e-mu-qi ša\yd ina {kur}hu-ub-uš-ki-a | |
| 4' | ina qa\d-an-ni\d šu-nu-ni ina UGU-hi\p e-gir\p-ti | |
| 5' | an-ni-tu₂\y a-na\y ⸢ku⸣-in\p-⸢ti⸣ a-sa-par\y | |
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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