CT 53, 145 (P313560)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313560 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... of] the moat [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... o]f the moat against the tower |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] the Isuqa[ean(s)] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] of the moat against the mountain [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... where] three men, where four men, where five [men ...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | Perhaps the king, my lord, will s[ay]: "Why [......] the ground like this?" |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] he will reach down (by digging) [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [The king], my [lord] knows that [it is] in the hands of the Chaldean. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | We shall finish [... on the xt]h of Elul (VI) [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [......] as far as the inside of the mountain [...] |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'– | [......] came [......] |
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] ⸢hi⸣-ri-ṣi [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ hi-ri-ṣi ša\yd ina UGU i-si-te-[ni] | |
| 3' | [x x x] {lu₂}i-su\m-qa\d-[a.a] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢ša\yd⸣ hi-ri-ṣi ša\y ina UGU KUR-e ni-[x] | |
| 5' | [x be₂-et] 03 ⸢LU₂⸣ be₂-et 04 LU₂ be₂-et 05 [LU₂] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ i—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-⸢qab⸣-[bi] | |
| 7' | [ma-a a]-⸢ta⸣-a ki-i an-ni-i kaq-qa-ru [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢a⸣ i-ša\y-pi-il\y il-[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ u₂-da\d ina ŠU.2 {lu₂vy}kal-⸢di⸣ [x x] | |
| 10' | [x x UD x]-⸢KAM⸣ ša\y {itim}KIN nu-ga-⸢mar⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x]-⸢i⸣ a-di ŠA₃ KUR-⸢e⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x x x] i-tal-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x]-ni {lu₂vy}[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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