CT 53, 080 (P313495)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313495 |
| 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 [5:10] o 15'15'–o 19'19' | [who ...] without the king, my lord's permission, [about whom the king, my lord], said: "Who are the[y?" — they are ...s] of the governor, 'third men,' [...s], recruits, a chariot fighter, [...], the horse trainer of the governor. The towns [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | upon Nasi'-bar, [the village manager ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | the me[n of ...], the [...s], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Sumutî, the scribe [...], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Nasi'-bar, the village manager [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Th]ey know [and will say it] to the king, [my lord]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [As t]o Zeru-ken, when he [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [t]o become a 'third man' (or) a chariot-d[river], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Adad]-killanni himself said: "[...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... form]erly under [him] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | He is [...]." The king, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] promoted [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [... the king, my lor]d, said [...] |
| Reverse [15:20] r 16'16'–r 20'20' | [......] not [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] Assyrian(s). O king, my lord, [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [... who] incit[es] criminals [...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] another [...] |
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' | [x x x x x x x] man ni [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] aš₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}si-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v}x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | ša la LUGAL EN-ia₂ u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 16' | iq-bu-u-ni ma-a man-nu šu-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17' | ša {lu₂v}EN.NAM {lu₂v}03.U₅-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 18' | {lu₂v}rak-su-MEŠ {lu₂v}A—SIG {lu₂v}A—SIG {lu₂v}A—SIG {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 19' | {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR ša {lu₂v}NAM URU-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 20' | ina UGU-hi {1}na-si—bar {lu₂v}[GAL—URU-MEŠ] {lu₂v}[GAL—URU-MEŠ] {lu₂v}[GAL—URU-MEŠ] | |
| 21' | ⸢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 x x] | |
| 2' | NUMUN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | SUM [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}⸢su⸣-mu-ti-⸢i {lu₂v⸣}A.BA [x x x x] | |
| 7' | {1}⸢na⸣-si—bar {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [šu]-nu u₂-du-u a-na LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {1}NUMUN—GIN ki-i iq-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂v}03.U₅-u-tu₂ {lu₂v}mu-kil—{⸢kuš⸣}[PA-MEŠ-u-tu₂] {lu₂v}mu-kil—{⸢kuš⸣}[PA-MEŠ-u-tu₂] {lu₂v}mu-kil—{⸢kuš⸣}[PA-MEŠ-u-tu₂] | |
| 11' | {1}10—ki-la-an-ni šu-u iq-ṭi₂-bi [x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-ni-ti ina ša₂-pa-lu-[uš-šu₂] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x]+⸢x šu⸣-u LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-se-li ug-da-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x ša LUGAL be]-li₂ iq-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x]-an-ni [x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x]-si-at [x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x] {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ aš-šur-a.a LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}LUL-ME u₂-ša₂-da-⸢ba⸣-[bu-u-ni x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] ša₂-ni-e [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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