CT 53, 233 (P313648)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313648 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] the new [...]s of the ci[ty ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the names of the cities |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] of the city-rulers on [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] When the designers [...] my names |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and removed the bricks, these |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [.....]...; I did not know. And now |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] houses have been designed for Calah. The palace |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...]...: "The pleasure palace |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...]... Servants have been ascribed to it twice. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I [do not] know where it is; without [...]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [As to what] the king, my lord, wrote to me: "[...] |
| Bottom [0:9] b.e. 13'b.e. 13'– | [... in the mon]th Adar (XII)", just as [...... |
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⸣ ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢GIBIL⸣-MEŠ ša\yd {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MU-MEŠ ša\yd URU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-MEŠ ša\d {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ ina UGU | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i {lu₂v}GAL—šik-na-ni {lu₂v}GAL—šik-na-ni MU-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢SIG₄⸣-MEŠ i-su-hu-ni\d ha-an-nu-tu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x]-tu-ṭu la u₂-da u₃ an-nu-⸢rig⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x] E₂-MEŠ ina {uru}kal-ha eṣ-ra E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 9' | [(x) x]-lu-u₂ ma-a E₂—mu-sa-i-te\t E₂—mu-sa-i-te\t | |
| 10' | [(x) x]-lu a-na 02-šu₂ ARAD-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi šaṭ-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 11' | [la] u₂-da a-a-ka šu₂-u ša\dm la [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-pur-an-[ni x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x ina] {⸢iti⸣}ŠE ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢ni x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x] ⸢a⸣-ta-mar u₂-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu ina pa-⸢ni⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x u₂]-⸢se⸣-bi-la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] še [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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