CT 53, 073 (P313488)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313488 |
| 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 | [T]o the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Babilayu. |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | Assy[ria] is [well]. The great gods who dw[ell in Assyria] (and) keep [the king], my lord, ali[ve, are we]ll. [The crown pr]ince [is well]. I am well. The bes[t of health to the ...] of the king, my lord! [May the magn]ates and manservants, [and the ... hor]ses of the king, [my lord], be [ve]ry well in[de]ed! |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | (11) (Break) |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | [......] they have gone up |
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-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 3 | [DI-mu] a-na KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki]} | |
| 4 | [DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na DINGIR-⸢MEŠ GAL⸣-MEŠ a-ši-⸢bu⸣-[ti KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5 | [ša a-na LUGAL] EN-ia₂ u₂-ba-⸢la⸣-[ṭu-u-ni] | |
| 6 | [DI-mu a-na DUMU]—MAN DUMU]—MAN DI-mu a.a-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 7 | [a-na x x] ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ a—dan-[niš lu DI-mu] | |
| 8 | [a-na {lu₂}GAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣-te u {lu₂}TUR-MEŠ-te | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x ra x x⸣-MEŠ ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | [EN-ia₂ a—dan]-⸢niš a⸣—[dan]-⸢niš lu DI⸣-mu | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ru-bi | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-bi | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢e-te⸣-li-u₂ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x]-li-⸢e⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x] qa [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ a-na [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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