CT 53, 108 (P313523)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313523 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-šarru-ibni. Good health to the king, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44– | The governor of Arbela has [120] king's men who did not go to the campaign with the king but he will not agree to give them to me. I fear the king, my lord, and shall not take hold of his men (without his permission). |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | 30 (men from) Tillê, 60 (from) the land of Hamudu of the governor of Calah, 30 from the city of [...]ba. They have neither rations nor work. |
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 | [a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—MAN—DU₃ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂] | |
| 4 | 01 me 20 {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ—⸢LUGAL⸣ {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ—⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ a-na\t KASKAL TA@v LUGAL | |
| 6 | la i-li\d-ku-ni | |
| 7 | ina IGI {lu₂vy}EN.NAM ša\m {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 8 | le-ma-gur₂-ru le-ma-gur₂-ru | |
| 9 | la i-da-na | |
| 10 | TA@v\m IGI LUGAL pa-lah₃-ku | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ la u₂-ṣa-bat | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 30 {uru}til-e | |
| 2 | 60 {kur}ha-mu-⸢du⸣ | |
| 3 | ša\mm {lu₂vy}EN.NAM ša\m {uru}kal-ha | |
| 4 | 30 {uru}[x]-ba | |
| 5 | la {še}⸢PAD-MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | la dul-la-šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
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