CT 53, 093 (P313508)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313508 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [Concerning ... about whom] I [wrote to the k]ing, my lord, [...]ilmaku [ret]urned from [his] city on the [x]1st of Kislev (IX). |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | That city of his is called [...]ahkapkap, it is [...]. He [me]t me there, [and I spo]ke [with him] as the king, my lord, [had o]rdered me, saying: "...[...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] appointed me |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [......] Now |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] in my presence |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] "Previously [...], and we |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... "W]hy [do] the Medes |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] "The village manager |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] "[...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] the town Parnak[a] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] who against the house of D[altâ] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] ... with us |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] of the king |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢is⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ša a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢a aš₂⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 4' | [UD x]+1-KAM ša\ydm {iti}KAN [o] | |
| 5' | {1}x]+⸢x⸣-il\t-ma-ku TA@v\m URU-[šu₂] | |
| 6' | [is-su]-hu-ra URU-šu₂ šu-u | |
| 7' | {[uru}x]-ah-kap-kap i-qa-bu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [x x]-⸢ru⸣ šu-tu₂ ina GABA-a ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 9' | [it-tal-ka] ki-i ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 10' | [ṭe₃-e-mu iš]-ku-na-an-ni-ni | |
| 11' | [is-si-šu₂ ad-du]-⸢bu⸣-ub nu-ku ba-su-uk\td-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ip-taq-da\d-an-ni\d | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ma-a | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] pa-ne₂-e-a | |
| 2' | [x x x] ma-a ti-ma-⸢li\d⸣ šal-ši | |
| 3' | [UD-me x x]+⸢x⸣-ba a-ne₂-e-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x a]-ta-a {lu₂v}mat-a.a | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ\m | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-di ma-a [x x] ⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ a ma ⸢x x⸣ ši | |
| 8' | [x x] {uru}par-na-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x] ša\ydm ina UGU E₂ {1}⸢dal⸣-[ta-a] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣-ni is-si-ni | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-ni ša\ydm LUGAL | |
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
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