CT 53, 209 (P313624)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313624 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | I shall notify [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[Why did] the ha[rvest in] this [...]?" |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | One farmer [...] i[n ...]. At the summoning [...] they wielded the plough [with x oxen (only)]. Thereby the harvest did not c[ome out well]. |
| Bottom [2:8] b.e. 9'9'– | In this country, O kin[g, my lord], they wie[ld] the plough with six oxen [...]. They cultivate the seed [...] and make a good [harvest ...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Now [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [wi]th him [......] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | u₂-ša₂-aš₂-[ma i—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 3' | i-qa\d-bi ma-[a x x x x x] | |
| 4' | an-ni\d-e e\d-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | 01-en {lu₂vy}ENGAR ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina da\d-ku-ti\t [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | {giš}APIN uk\tdp-te-lu [x x x] | |
| 8' | ina ŠA₃-bi e-bu\p-ru la ⸢šal⸣-[lum] | |
| 9' | ina KUR an-ni-ti\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina 06 GUD-MEŠ\t ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | {giš}APIN u₂\m-ka-[lu x x x] | |
| 3 | {še}NUMUN e-ru-šu [x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₂-šal-lu-mu [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ [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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