CT 53, 103 (P313518)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313518 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [w]rote to me [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [the b]oats o[n ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the boats on [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | therefore [NN ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | four rivers [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | 1.5 leagues [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | open, three [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | of Bel-qate-[ṣabat .......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | came up [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [the pe]ople of K[unaya ......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [wh]om Kunay[a ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | gave [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | 60 men [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | crossed over [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | 200 men [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | with the[m ......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | of Cal[ah ......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | when [......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | much [......] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'– | up[on ......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 21'b.e. 21'–b.e. 21'b.e. 21' | cop[y ......] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 22'22'–b.e. 22'22' | the me[n ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | in [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | of [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | and [NN .......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Babylonia[n(s) .......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | the town Gi[......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | the men [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | garments [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | I [......] |
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' | ⸢iš-pur-an-ni⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {[giš]}MA₂-MEŠ\m ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {[giš]}MA₂-MEŠ\m ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU-hi {1}⸢la⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | 04 ID₂-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | 01 1/2 KASKAL.GID₂\p [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | pa-tu-i 03 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša\dm {1}EN—ŠU.2—[ṣa-bat x x x x x] | |
| 9' | e-⸢te-lu⸣-ni {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ\m ša\dm {1}⸢kun⸣-[a.a x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢ša\dm⸣ {1}kun-a.[a x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢i⸣-di-nu-u₂\m-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | 60 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | e\d-te\p-bi-⸢ri⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | 02 me {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | i-še-su-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | ša\dm {uru}kal₃-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | a-ki-i a-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | ma-aʾ-⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21' | gab\p-⸢ri⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | {lu₂vd}ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 23' | i-pa-[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša\dm [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | DUMU—KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣ DUMU—KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {uru}gi-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ku-zip-pi [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | a-na-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x 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)
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