CT 53, 205 (P313620)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313620 |
| 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' | [......]paneans |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......], saying |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] they killed |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] the governors |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] the king, our lord |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... not y]et |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] he is in Bit-Barrû |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] he is |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 13'13'– | [...... wit]h you |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [..... w]ith them |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [the ...s of the c]ity said to us: |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | "Pitch [camp i]n Sumurzu! [...]" |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [W]e wrote [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... N]iqi-Tubliš |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] together |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] we shall pitch camp |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] and we |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... the dis]trict of Bit-Barrû |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... ...]-Marduk |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | [......] Kibabaše |
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⸣-pa-na-a.a | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ma-a | |
| 3' | [x x x x x i]-du-ku | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] {lu₂vy}NAM-MEŠ\m | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL EN-in\p | |
| 6' | [x x x x u₂]-⸢di⸣-na | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] E₂—bar-ru\d šu-u | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] šu-u₂ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | [x x x x x x] a | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢tar⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x x x is]-⸢si⸣-ku-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢is⸣-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ⸢URU⸣ iq-ṭi₂-ba-na-ši | |
| 3 | [ma-a x x] ⸢ina⸣ {uru}su\t-mur-zi | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šuk-na | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢ni⸣-sap-ra | |
| 6 | [x x x {uru]}⸢ni⸣-qi\tm—tu-ub-li\d-iš | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-ka is-sa-he\p-iš | |
| 8 | [x x x x ma]-dak-tu₂ ni-ša\dm-kan-nu-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ an-e-nu | |
| 10 | [x x x na]-⸢ge⸣-e ša\dm E₂—bar-ru\d-u | |
| 11 | [x x {1}x-x]—{⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU | |
| 12 | [x x x x {1}ki-ba\t-ba\t-še | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢e⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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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