CT 53, 098 (P313513)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313513 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | "['Drive the enemies of] Kumme from yo[ur] midst!' |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'– | "Now then [the whole] city of Kumm[u] has turned [ag]ainst Ariye; they [...] speak of killing [the royal delegate]." |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'– | [The day th]at the letter [of Aššur-reṣ]uwa came [to me] with the messenger [of ...] |
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' | {[lu₂v}KUR₂-MEŠ ša] {⸢uru}ku⸣-um\d-me TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-⸢ku⸣-[nu] | |
| 2' | [še-ṣi-a u₂]-ma-a an-nu-rig {uru}ku-um-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 3' | [gab-bi-šu ina] UGU {1}a-ri-e i-sa-ak-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU du-a-ki | |
| 5' | [ša {lu₂v}qe-pi] ⸢i⸣-da\d-bu\p-bu\p | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | [ina ŠA₃ UD-me] ⸢ša e⸣-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 7' | [ša {1}aš-šur—re]-⸢ṣu⸣-u-a TA@v\m {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša x x x ina UGU-hi-ia] ⸢il⸣-lik-u-ni-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x]-ka | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ib-šu₂-nu | |
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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