CT 53, 133 (P313548)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313548 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Ass[yria ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | one [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | to And[ia ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | to Assyria [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [will be] completed [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | the road to [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | I shall go [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Whoever [lays] hands [on ......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I shall cut [...]; at the same time [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | the king of Assyria aga[inst ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | the pass of Sua [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | which the Shepherd [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [t]hese [......] |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1'e. 1'–e. 2'2' | [When] I came [to ...], they brought the criminals and thieves of [...] away [from the p]ass. Truly, [...]; I did not trespass [up]on Urarṭian territory. |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | nu-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | 01-en ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na {kur}an-⸢di⸣-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-na KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ug\dt-da-dam-[mar x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | har-ra-nu ša\d [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | al-la-ka bi-⸢is⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | man-nu ša A₂.2-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | a-bat-taq is-se-niš [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13' | ne₂-rab {kur}su\t-a [x x x x] | |
| 14' | ša {lu₂v}SIPA ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | ⸢an⸣-nu-ti taq-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | an-ni-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-na\y [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x] al-li-kan-ni {lu₂v}LUL-MEŠ sa-⸢ra⸣-nu ša {lu₂vy}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [TA ŠA₃ ne₂]-ri-bi it-ta-ṣu-šu₂-nu ke-et-tu a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x ina] ŠA₃ {kur}URI\d la ah-ṭi | |
Sources & licences
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