CT 53, 099 (P313514)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 53, 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313514 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [about which] my [lo]rd [inquired, they previously informed me] as follows: |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | "Their king [and his magnates] have been [utterly] defeated on (their) expedition; [x] of his magna[tes] have been killed." |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | I did [no]t have more detailed information, and (thus) did not wr[ite] t[o] my [lo]rd how it happened. |
| Obverse [10:16] o 11'11'– | Now they have e[ntered] my country from [...] and [are ...ing] the forts [...] |
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' | [ša] ⸢be⸣-li₂ i-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ an-ni-e [iq-ṭi-bu-ni] | |
| 3' | [ma]-a LUGAL\d-šu₂-nu {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[GAL-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [ina] KASKAL be₂-et ⸢il⸣-[lik-u-ni] | |
| 5' | ⸢ma⸣-a de-ek-tu\d-šu₂-[nu ma-aʾ-da] | |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-du-ku ma-a {lu₂vy}⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂ x] | |
| 7' | ⸢de⸣-e-ku ba-ti-⸢iq⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 8' | ⸢la⸣-a ah-ru-ṣa ki-[i] | |
| 9' | ⸢ša⸣ e-pa-šu-u-ni a-[na] | |
| 10' | ⸢EN⸣-ia la-a aš₂-⸢pu⸣-[ra] | |
| 11' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a TA\d ŠA₃ {[kur}x x] | |
| 12' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ KUR-ia e-[tar-bu-ni] | |
| 13' | {[uru]}⸢bi⸣-ra-⸢te⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a [x x x x] | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.