CT 53, 244 (P313659)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 244 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313659 |
| 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' | [...] let him de[cide] their [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] their [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]... you cam[e ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...]s I [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] the aegis of the king, [my] lo[rd] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] Aššur-belu-taqqi[n ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [At the e]nd of the year Aššur-be[lu-taqqin] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...]... he [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] When I [was] in [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... c]amels and m[ules ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] him. Now [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... s]traw and barley [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [which ...] he transported to him [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | [......] you [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] the off[icial ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... st]raw [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Nabû-nadin-ahi [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] If the city [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] their [...] we[nt ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] ... the ki[ng ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] with the eunuch [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... the city] Šamaš-naṣir [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... m]ules [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] into the presence of the ki[ng, my lord] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] their mouth [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...]-apli the [...] |
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 x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-šu₂-nu lip-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-⸢na⸣-ni-šu₂-nu ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x-x]+⸢x⸣-me tal-lik-⸢an⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-HI.A-MEŠ a-na-ku [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-a GIŠ\d.MI LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-ni {1}aš-šur—EN—LAL-⸢in⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-⸢it⸣ šat-ti\t {1}aš-šur—⸢EN⸣—[LAL-in] | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ba-la\p šu-u₂\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]-⸢mu⸣ ki-i a-na-ku ina [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x {anše]}A.AB.BA-MEŠ\m {anše}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-ni-šu₂ u₂\m-ma-a šit [x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x {še]}IN.NU {še}BAR i-[x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x] iz-bil-aš₂-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a at-ta [x x x x] | |
| 16' | [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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}EN—[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-du {1}⸢ga⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x {še]}⸢IN⸣.NU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x {1}{d]}PA—AŠ—PAB [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢šum₂⸣-ma {uru}[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu it-⸢tal⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-šu₂-nu-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] TA@v\m {lu₂v}SAG\d [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x {uru]}{⸢d⸣}ša₂-maš—PAB-[ir x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x] {⸢anše⸣}ku-din ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x] ina pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 13' | [x x x] {⸢uzu⸣}pi-i-šu₂-nu [x x x x] | |
| 14' | {1}x-x-x]—DUMU.UŠ {lu₂v}⸢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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