CT 53, 173 (P313588)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313588 |
| 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/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | to Nabû-remanni [...] of the chief cupbeare[r ...], saying: "6 years [I have received] neither interest nor cap[ital]; twice I have approa[ched] the king." With me he sen[t ...], (but) the chief cupbearer has not dealt with [(my) c]ase. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | Bel-lu-balaṭ, royal bodygua[rd] said: "7 people [...]," |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] Dayyan-[...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | of meadow(-grazed) sheep. |
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 {1}{d}PA—⸢rem₂-ni⸣ [x x (x)] | |
| 2' | ša {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.⸢LUL⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.⸢LUL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a 06 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | la ru-be₂-e la ⸢SAG⸣.[DU (x x)] | |
| 5' | ma-a 02-šu₂ LUGAL a-tah-[ra (x x)] | |
| 6' | is-si-ia is-sa-ap-[ra o] | |
| 7' | {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL de-[(e)-ni] | |
| 8' | la e-pu-[uš] | |
| 9' | {1}EN—lu—TI.LA {lu₂v}⸢qur⸣-[bu-tu₂] | |
| 10' | ⸢ma⸣-a 07 ZI UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] {1}DI.⸢KUD—x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ par-ga-⸢a-ni⸣-[u] | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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