CT 53, 142 (P313557)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313557 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | t[o ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | with the servant [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I do not know, [I do] not [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | but my gods k[now ...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | I said: "Wh[y] thi[s ...]? Let him lay down [the ...] that my father did not give him [...], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | let me enjoy it. Why [does he ...] my servants? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | that the widow [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | I (said): "Let him fini[sh ...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | which to [......] came for[th ......]." |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'– | He [......] pronounced [......] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 14'b.e. 14'–b.e. 15'15' | Let [them lay do]wn [the ...] of the god [......] |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 16'16'– | my servants [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | which to be lo[st ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | did [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The god [has opened] your ears ... and] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | you have understood [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | on foot [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Now [then ......] I have dr[essed him] in purple [......] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | and I have appoint[e]d hi[m] to the comma[ndantship of ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | I have sent [...]. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Assemble (pl.) [...] and the horse[s ......]! |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | which [......] |
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⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TA@v\dm ARAD [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | la u₂-⸢da x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ u₂-[du-u x x x x x] | |
| 5' | mu-uk a-⸢ta⸣-[a] an-⸢ni⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša₂ AD-u-a la ⸢SUM⸣-šu₂-ni liš-⸢kun⸣ [x x] | |
| 7' | KU₂ a-ta-a ARAD-MEŠ-⸢ia₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂ {mi₂}NU.U₃.KUŠ₂-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9' | muk-ku lig-mu-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša a-na ⸢ak⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | uṣ-⸢ṣu⸣-[ni x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | šu-u-⸢tu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢iz⸣-kur-ni [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | ša₂ DINGIR liš-⸢ku⸣-[nu x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣-nim ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ARAD-MEŠ-ia₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša a-na hal-⸢lu⸣-[qi x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | e-pu-šu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | DINGIR PI.2-ku-nu ⸢ip⸣-[te-te x x x x x] | |
| 4 | tah-tak-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ina GIR₃.2-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | SIG₂.SA₅ SIG₂.SA₅ us-[sa-bi-su x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | u₃ ana {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR—⸢UMUŠ⸣-[u₂-ti {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR—⸢UMUŠ⸣-[u₂-ti x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ap-⸢ti-qid-su⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | us-se-bil ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | u₃ {anše}KUR.RA-[MEŠ x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | pu-uh-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ša₂ ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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