CT 53, 081 (P313496)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313496 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [T]o the king, [my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | When I was in the town Ur[...], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | concernin[g the ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [wh]ich Niya and Hi[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | had seized [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | I had seen, and the king [my lord] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | had returned [... ......]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Now Niya [and Hi...] have returned [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] 130 hectares of [land ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] silver [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... o]f ...[...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I shall turn them [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [I] shall pour [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | He/they said: "Umak[satar ...] |
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⸣-ka {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣-ki ina {uru}ur-[x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-na-ku-ni\d ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}ni\d-ia {1}hi-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | u₂-⸢ṣa⸣-bi-tu-u-ni\d [x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-mur-u₂-ni\d LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-sa-hir-u₂-ni\d [x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a {1}ni\d-⸢ia⸣ {1}hi-x x x] | |
| 11 | [u₂]-sa-hi-ru-⸢u₂⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] 01 me 30 ANŠE [A.ŠA₃ x x] | |
| 13 | [x x]-kal ⸢KUG.UD⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢ša {lu₂v}kal⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₂⸣-tar-šu₂-nu ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 3' | [a]-ta-ba-ak\d [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ma]-⸢a {1}u-ma-ak⸣-[sa-tar x x] | |
Sources & licences
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