CT 53, 070 (P313485)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313485 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | T[o] the king, [my lord]: your servants [Nabû-ra'im-nišešu] (and) Salaman[u. Good health t]o the king [my lord]! [May Nabû and] Marduk [bless the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [Perh]aps the king, my lord, will sa[y]: "[W]hy [have you not ...] until now?" |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Pa'e, [the deleg]ate of the land Araš[i, sai]d to us: "[...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [... the Ela]mite(s) [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [Now the]n [we] are writin[g] t[o the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [Un]til/[Whi]le the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] the son of Umban-k[idinni] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [in] this [mont]h [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] the city of De[r ...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [...] in the city [...] |
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-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}{[d}PA—AG₂—UN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3 | {1}sa-la-ma-⸢nu⸣ [lu-u šul-mu] | |
| 4 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | {[d]}⸢PA⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 6 | [lik-ru-bu is—su]-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-[bi] | |
| 7 | [ma-a a]-⸢ta⸣-a ad-da-kan-ni [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]-ka-a-ni {1}pa-ʾe-⸢e⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}qe]-⸢e⸣-pu ša {kur}a-ra-⸢še⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | [iq-ṭi]-⸢ba⸣-na-a-ši ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x {kur]}⸢NIM⸣.MA-a.a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] an [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5' | [ni]-is-sap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢du⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢li⸣ it qi ab ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] DUMU {1}um-ba-⸢ki⸣-[di-ni] | |
| 9' | [ina] ⸢ITI⸣ an-ni-e [x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}de-⸢e⸣-[re x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]-a ina {uru}[x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x] 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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