CT 53, 178 (P313593)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313593 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the crown [prince], my lord. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Concer]ning that horse, [Urdu]-Issar is now telling me: "[D]o [as] you were ordered to do!" |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55– | Hear me, O crown prince, [my] lord! I am your [servan]t. May it [ha]ppen to the [crown] prince that [...], may [the horse n]ot die! |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [Th]at [...] (official) is saying: "Why [the ho]rses that are under [me ......]? |
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 | {[d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na DUMU]—⸢LUGAL DUMU]—⸢LUGAL DUMU]—⸢LUGAL EN-ia₂⸣ lik-ru-bu | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {anše}KUR.RA am-mi₃-i u₂-ma-a | |
| 3 | {1}ARAD]—{⸢d⸣}15 iq-ṭi-bi-a ma-a ki-i | |
| 4 | [ša] ṭe₃-e-mu šak-na-ka-ni | |
| 5 | [e]-⸢pu⸣-uš a-ni-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka ⸢a⸣-na-ku a-na DUMU—[LUGAL] DUMU—[LUGAL] DUMU—[LUGAL] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | ⸢lil⸣-li-ki ⸢x x⸣ [x {anše}KUR.RA] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢la⸣ i-mu-u-at {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 2 | [am]-mi₃-u₂ ma-a a-ta-⸢a⸣ [o] | |
| 3 | {[anše]}⸢KUR⸣.RA-MEŠ ša šap-a-lu-[a] | |
Sources & licences
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