CT 53, 126 (P313541)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313541 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] standing [in ......] |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [I told] him: "Send me one [of] your subjects, to stay in my presence," but he has not agreed to send me one. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 8'8'–o 16'16' | As to Raṣappayu, the official concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Release him, and let him serve with you!" I have written to the household overseer of the [governor o]f Calah, but he has not [agreed] to release [him, so I have] not [hired] him. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 33–r 66 | [As t]o [......], I am b[ringing] 25 log[s ... t]o the river. [The l]ogs [......] |
| Reverse [6:9] r 99–r 1111 | [...] Isanaeans [......] opposite me will pick up [the logs]. |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1212–r 1717 | [Should the king] say: "[There are l]ogs piled up in [Isa]na," [I have se]nt [...]-iddina for [them ......] |
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 x] ⸢at⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] i-za-⸢zu⸣-[ni] | |
| 3' | [aq-ṭi-ba]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ nu-⸢uk\d⸣ | |
| 4' | [TA@v\m] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ {lu₂vy}ARAD\p-MEŠ-ka | |
| 5' | ⸢še⸣-bi-la ina IGI-ia | |
| 6' | li-zi-zi la i-ma-gur₂ | |
| 7' | la u₂\p-še-ba\t-la | |
| 8' | ina UGU {kur}ra-ṣa-pa-a.a | |
| 9' | EN—pi-qi\dtm-ti\t EN—pi-qi\dtm-ti\t ša LUGAL\y EN | |
| 10' | iš\t-pur-an-ni\d ma pu\p-ṭu-ur-šu₂ | |
| 11' | i-si-ka li\tt-du-lu | |
| 12' | ⸢a⸣-sa-ap-ra\p ina UGU | |
| 13' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}ša₂—UGU—E₂\p ša\dt {⸢lu₂v⸣}[EN.NAM] | |
| 14' | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}kal-ha la [i-ma-gur₂] | |
| 15' | ⸢la⸣ i-ba\t-ṭar-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 16' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ša\d-šu₂ la [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17' | [x x] ⸢i x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [ina] ⸢UGU x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 25 {giš}⸢UR₃\d⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ID₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 6 | {[giš]}⸢UR₃\d⸣-MEŠ\m [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ mu-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ gi-il-⸢te⸣ | |
| 9 | [x {uru]}⸢i⸣-sa-na-a.a | |
| 10 | [x x x] ina pu\p-tu₂-u-a | |
| 11 | [x x x i]-ma-tu₂-hu | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢i⸣-qab-bi | |
| 13 | [ma-a {giš]}UR₃-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃ | |
| 14 | {[uru}i-sa]-na kar-ru\d | |
| 15 | {1}{d}x—x]-⸢MEŠ⸣—AŠ ina UGU-hi | |
| 16 | [a]-⸢sa⸣-ap-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 17 | [x 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
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