CT 53, 114 (P313529)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 114 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313529 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [B]efore [him, Kaq]qa[danu had en]tered Wai[si] in Tishri (VII); the king entered the city [af]ter him. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 6'6'– | I have [not y]et heard what happened to [tho]se men, [wheth]er they [have] been killed [or] deported. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | [A mess]enger of Urzana, [king of Mu]ṣaṣir, [and a messenger of] Arizâ have [c]ome [to me] |
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 {1}kaq]-qa-[da-nu] | |
| 2' | [x ina pa]-na-tu-u-[šu] | |
| 3' | [ina] {⸢iti}DUL⸣ ina ŠA₃ {uru}u₂\m-e-[si] | |
| 4' | [e]-tar-ba LUGAL | |
| 5' | [i]—da-tu₂-u-šu [i]—da-tu₂-u-šu e-tar-ba | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢di⸣-na ina UGU ERIM-MEŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | [am-mu]-te la-⸢a⸣ aš₂-me | |
| 8' | [mi-nu] ša\dm ši-ti\t-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [šum₂]-⸢mu⸣ i-du-ku-šu-nu | |
| 2 | [šum₂-mu] u₂-ša₂-gal-u-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | {[lu₂v}A]—⸢šip⸣-ri {[lu₂v}A]—⸢šip⸣-ri ša\d {1}ur-za-na-a | |
| 4 | [LUGAL {kur}mu]-ṣa-ṣi-ri | |
| 5 | {[lu₂v}A—šip-ri {[lu₂v}A—šip-ri ša] {1}u₂\m-ri-za-a | |
| 6 | [ina UGU-hi-ia it]-tal-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | [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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