CT 53, 183 (P313598)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 183 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313598 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant Ilu-iq]bi. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | The [Throne-of-Destiny] of silver and the [......] of silver are finished; [as to the ..., ...] said [that they are not] finished. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | The [...] are cleansing the [...] in the presence of the governor; they will be ready [this] very moment. [The ... who are] wiping [...... |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | ...... I am fee]ding the Šugureans [who] are coming in. All the king's [servants are well]; the king [my lord] can be glad. |
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 LUGAL be-li₂]-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}DINGIR—iq]-bi | |
| 3 | [BARAG—NAM-MEŠ] ⸢KUG⸣.UD | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] KUG.UD | |
| 5 | [x x x ga]-⸢am⸣-ra\t | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] i-na | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢iq⸣-ṭi-bi | |
| 8 | [ma-a la] ga-am-ra | |
| 9 | [x x]-i-si ina pa-an {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR | |
| 10 | [x x x] i-ka-pu\tp-ru | |
| 11 | [u₂-ma-a] ⸢an⸣-nu-rig ga-am-ra\t | |
| 12 | [x x x ša i]-⸢ka-pu\tp-ru⸣-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]-⸢la⸣-nu | |
| 2' | [x x x] pa {uru}šu₂-gur-a.a | |
| 3' | [am—mar] e-ra\t-bu\tp-ni-ni | |
| 4' | [u₂-ša₂]-kal-šu-nu | |
| 5' | [ARAD-MEŠ] LUGAL\y gab-bu | |
| 6' | [DI-mu] ŠA₃-bu\tp LUGAL\y | |
| 7' | [be-li₂-ia₂] lu DUG₃.GA | |
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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