CT 53, 231 (P313646)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313646 |
| 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' | "[......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the king heard [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | "Concerning [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "we are afraid and [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the delegate [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [w]ho before u[s ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [t]o each other [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | they [s]et [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] rea[r ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... of the ki]ng, [my] lord [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [t]o him not [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the king, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [la]id him [..., he] passed on [...]; |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | He is betw[een the ... of the c]ity and the can[al]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | When I saw the let[ter] of the king, [my] lord, [I] went to [...]. The messenger [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] the king, my lord [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[...]" |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [......] the king [...] |
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' | ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL\t i-se-me [x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a ina UGU na-[x x x] | |
| 4' | pal-ha-ni ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂v}qe-pu [x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢ša⸣ ina pa-ni-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [a]-⸢na⸣ a-he-iš\t [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [is]-⸢sa⸣-ak\t-nu [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ku-⸢tal⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia x x] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂ la [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] LUGAL be-li₂ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢ik⸣-ru-ra-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [e]-te-ti\t-qa ⸢bir⸣-[ti] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢URU⸣ bir-ti\t har-[ri] | |
| 7' | šu-u₂\m a-ki e-⸢gir₂⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 8' | ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 9' | a-mu\p-ru-u-ni a-na [x (x)] | |
| 10' | [a]-⸢ta⸣-lak {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN [x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x] LUGAL EN [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢i⸣-qa-bi ma-[a x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL [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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