CT 53, 215 (P313630)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 215 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313630 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [T]o the king, [my lord]: your [servant] Na[bû-le'i]. Good health to the king, [my] l[ord]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The forts are well; the land of the king, [my] lord, is well. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | As to the order which the king, my lord, ga[ve me]: "Send your messenger to Bi[rate] and send me a detailed repo[rt on] the [Urarṭian]" — |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] to the country [......] |
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\t⸣ LUGAL [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[ZU] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI\d-mu a-na\t LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢DI\d⸣-mu a-na\t {uru}bi-ra-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5 | DI\d-mu a-na\t KUR ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 6 | ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu iš-⸢kun⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 7 | ma-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-ka {lu₂v}A—KIN-ka a-na\t {uru}bi-[ra-ti] | |
| 8 | ⸢šup-ru⸣ ma-a ⸢ṭe₃-e-mu⸣ [ša] {kur}[URI-a.a] | |
| 9 | [hu]-ur-ṣu šup-[ra x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x] ⸢a⸣-na\t {kur}[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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