CT 53, 128 (P313543)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313543 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1'1'– | ...] your [...], [enqui]re and investigate, [and write down] and dispatch to me [the names] of the [sol]diers killed and their [sons and d]aughters. Perhaps there is a man who has subjugated a widow as his slave girl, or has subjugated a son or a daughter to servitude. Enquire and investigate, and bring (him/them) forth. |
| Bottom [0:9] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'– | Perhaps there is a son who has gone into conscription in place of his father; this alone do not write down. But be sure to enquire and find out all the widows, write them down, define (their status) and send them to me. |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | [Tomorr]ow or the day after tomorrow, [when] I send [my eunuch, don't say: "]I brought out one widow [......] that she would die [...] she would give [....." |
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 x x]+⸢x-ka⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x ša-ʾa]-⸢al⸣ u₂\mp-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 3' | [x x x ERIM]-MEŠ ša de-e-ku-ni | |
| 4' | [DUMU-MEŠ] ⸢DUMU⸣.MI₂-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [šu-ṭur še]-bi-la i—su\t-ri | |
| 6' | [i-ba-aš₂]-⸢ši⸣ LU₂ ša\y {mi₂}al-ma-tu₂ | |
| 7' | [a-na am]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ ik-bu-su-u-ni | |
| 8' | ⸢ha-ad⸣-di DUMU lu-u DUMU.MI₂ | |
| 9' | a-na ARAD-MEŠ-u-ti\t ik-bu-su-u-ni | |
| 10' | ša\y-ʾa-al\d u₂\mp-ṣi-ṣi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | še-ṣi-a i—su-ri i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 12' | DUMU ša\y a-na ERIM-MEŠ\m—LUGAL-u-ti\t ERIM-MEŠ\m—LUGAL-u-ti\t | |
| 13' | ina ku-um\y AD-šu₂ il-lik-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ha-an-ni-u u₂\mp-de-e-šu₂ | |
| 2 | la ta-šaṭ-ṭar ke-et-tu | |
| 3 | {mi₂}al\d-ma-na-ti\t gab-bu ša-al\d | |
| 4 | [u₂]-ṣi-ṣi šu-ṭur par-ri-is | |
| 5 | [ina IGI]-ia še-bi-la | |
| 6 | [ina ši-a]-⸢ri⸣ il—li\p-diš il—li\p-diš | |
| 7 | [ki-ma {lu₂}SAG] ⸢a⸣-šap-pa-ra | |
| 8 | [la ta-qab-bi ma-a] 01-et {mi₂}al\d-mat-tu₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂\m-se-ṣi-a | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i ta-mut-te-ni | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] ta-ad-da-⸢nu-ni⸣ | |
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