CT 53, 058 (P313473)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313473 |
| 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] lo[rd]: your servant Aššur-pa[tinu]. Good health t[o the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | Ilu-illik[a, the] mule stable attendant [w]ho brings me [...], [has come], and I have checked and received from him 15 mules, 52 don[keys], [x] camels, 43 sheep, 2 carts, and 4 wagons. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | He told me this: "My servants have left me and run away!" |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313– | [I have] now [wr]itten down the names of each of them, including the towns w[he]re they come from, and am herewith sending (this information) to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] in the hand [of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] the eunu[ch] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] have run away |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] in Bit-Zamani |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] in Guzana |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...... in] Ta[...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | two [......] my servants |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...... the chief vic]tualler |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [......] myself |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] servants |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | do not [......] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | the [...] official [......] |
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\t LUGAL\m ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—pa-[ti-nu] | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 4 | {1}DINGIR—DU-⸢ka {lu₂v⸣}ša₂—E₂—ku-din | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ [x x x aš]-šur na-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 6 | [it-tal-ka (x)] 15 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ\t | |
| 7 | 52 ANŠE⸣ [x] {⸢anše⸣}A.AB.BA\t | |
| 8 | 43 GUD 02 {⸢giš⸣}GAG.LIŠ.LAL-MEŠ | |
| 9 | 04 {giš}tal-lak-MEŠ\t a-ta-šar | |
| 10 | at-ta-har ⸢ki-i⸣ an-ni\d-e | |
| 11 | iq\y-ṭi-bi-a ma-a {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ\m-ia | |
| 12 | [ur]-ta-mu-[u]-ni\d ih-tal-qu | |
| 13 | an-nu-⸢rig ia⸣-mu-tu₂ MU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 14 | a-⸢du⸣ URU-MEŠ\t ⸢be₂-et⸣ šu₂-⸢nu-ni⸣ | |
| 15 | [a]-⸢sa⸣-ṭar ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 16 | [u₂]-se-bi-la | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ina ŠU ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] tu₂ {lu₂v}⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] ⸢x-da\d-te⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢x ih⸣-tal-qu | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ina {kur}⸢E₂⸣—za-ma-na | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢na⸣ kal ⸢zu⸣ tu₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ina {uru}⸢gu-za⸣-na | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] {⸢uru}ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]-te | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| 11 | 02 [x x x x {lu₂v]}ARAD-⸢MEŠ\t⸣-ia | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x {lu₂v}GAL—da]-ni-bat {lu₂v}GAL—da]-ni-bat | |
| 13 | ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] a-na-ku | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-da | |
| 15 | id ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] {⸢lu₂vy}ARAD-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 16 | la-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 17 | {lu₂v}e-[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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