CT 53, 091 (P313506)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313506 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] should [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] he is from ther[e ......] |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'–o 12'12' | "He has made Ahi[...]-naṣir the 'third man' [... to ...] with him instead of me and does not speak with me. Now he has been inciting the men, saying: 'I will [...] and run away to the king. Let the king swear to me in the name of god; if and when the king comes to Chaldea, the king should give me all the people of mine whom I shall conquer.'" |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... to] me repeatedly about |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [......] Elam |
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 x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ qu [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] lu-u₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] TA@v\m ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ šu₂-u₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [ma]-a {1}{d}a-hi-[x]—PAB-ir {lu₂v}03-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | [ina] ku-mu-u₂-a is-si-šu₂ u₂-sa-ar₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a is-si-ia la ⸢i-da⸣-ab-bu-ub ma-a | |
| 8' | u₂-ma-a ERIM-MEŠ i-sa-⸢ad⸣-bi-ib ma-a la-ad-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 9' | ina UGU LUGAL ⸢la⸣-ah-li-qa ma-a MU DINGIR ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 10' | lu-še-li-a ⸢ma⸣-a šum₂\p-⸢ma⸣ ki-ma LUGAL a-na {⸢kur⸣}kal-⸢di⸣ | |
| 11' | it-tal-ka UN-MEŠ-ia am—mar ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 12' | a-ka-aš₂-ša₂-du\d-u-ni LUGAL\t lid-di-na | |
| 13' | [x x x x a].⸢a⸣-ši 02-šu₂\d 03-šu₂ ina UGU | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x {kur⸣}NIM.MA | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ti⸣ | |
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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