CT 53, 063 (P313478)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313478 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-belu-uda''an. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | The land of the king is well; the harvest [...; ... has recov]ered; [the king, my lord], can be gl[ad]. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | (As for) the log[s about which the king, my lo]rd, sp[oke], I have tow[ed] 50 [......]. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | I am keeping watch [......]. I am keeping watch [......] of Aššur-remanni [......] |
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\d-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—EN—KALAG-an | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be\d-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}ŠU₂ a-na LUGAL be\d-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu DI-mu a-na ma-⸢a⸣-te | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL BURU₁₄ ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [ib]-⸢tal⸣-ṭa ŠA₃-bu ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 8 | lu ⸢DUG₃⸣.[GA] {giš}⸢UR₃-MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | |
| 9 | iq-bu-[u]-⸢ni⸣ 50 [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-sa-da-[ad x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na-ku ⸢EN.NUN\dm⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | a-na-⸢ṣar⸣ EN.NUN\dm ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ša\d {1}aš-šur—rem₂-a-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢a⸣-na-ṣar ⸢a-x⸣+[x x 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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