CT 53, 242 (P313657)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313657 |
| 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' | [... the ki]ng [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] to [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] wr[ote ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]... [NN ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... g]ives h[im ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... the] men [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...]s st[ood ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] been imposed [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] brou[ght] to us [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] have start[ed ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... B]abylon [......] |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'– | [......]s se[nt ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......]... which [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] one Babylonian [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "[...] (my) daughter [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | "[...] I to [my] daught[er ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] I set him [...]; if not, [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] does not know him [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [the ...]s of [my] dau[ghter ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] 'bought men' [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] I returned [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] I bought [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] there [...] |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | [... th]e Guzu[manu ...] |
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] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢a-na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ iš\d-⸢pu⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]-ša\y-ra {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x i]-da\d-nu-niš-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x {lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ\m i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-⸢ru⸣-ti\t it-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] in-du\d-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ina pa-ni-ni na-⸢ṣu⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-sa-ri-⸢iu⸣-[u x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢KA₂\d⸣.DINGIR{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]-MEŠ\m i-⸢sap⸣-[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x] lu u₂\m [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-u-ni ša\yd ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ 01.en DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR [x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ DUMU.MI₂ ma-a ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] a-na-ku a-na DUMU.⸢MI₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢a-sa-kan⸣-šu₂ u₂-la-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] la u₂-da-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-ia-ni ša\yd DUMU.[MI₂ x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}ŠAM₂-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x]-ku u₂-sa-hi-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] kur a-si\d-qi {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]-⸢lu⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}gu-zu\t-[ma-nu x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni qa [x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x] it [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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