CT 53, 248 (P313663)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 248 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313663 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | Did he retur[n] this [stat]ue [...], in which [......] trust? |
| Obverse [2:6] 3'3'–6'6' | He will restore to life [the whol]e [land], which [acknowledges] the name of the son of Nippur [...]. (And) [when] he has restored (it), yo[u will know that the Babyl]onians [look] for drinking [blood]. They will not rev[ive the ... of] your [he]art (but) will displace y[ou in the Sealand ...]. |
| Obverse [6:12] 7'7'–12'12' | [Perhaps God] has c[ommanded the destr]uction of those who lie habitually. [I]f you fear [his investigation, do not besmirch your] name [and do not deliver] your city for destruction! [If you guard (the treaty)], you will s[ee the profit of guarding (it). [How would I explain it? Would I leave] und[er (my) protection those who] do not guard (the treaty)? [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [However, if] you do [n]ot g[uard (the treaty) ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [ṣal]-⸢mu-u₂ a-ga⸣-a u₂-⸢ti⸣-[ra x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ana ŠA₃-bi i-ra-⸢ah-hu⸣-[ṣu x x x x] | |
| 3' | [KUR gab]-⸢bu⸣ ša₂ MU ša₂ DUMU—EN.LIL₂{ki} DUMU—EN.LIL₂{ki} [x x u₂-bal-laṭ] | |
| 4' | [ki-i] šu-u ub-tal-liṭ at-⸢tu⸣-[nu ti-da-a] | |
| 5' | [ki-i {lu₂}TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki}MEŠ ana NAG [MUD₂-MEŠ u₂-ba-ʾu-u] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-ku-nu la u-⸢bal⸣-[laṭ ina KUR—tam-tim] | |
| 7' | [x x]-⸢di⸣ i-šak-ku-nu-⸢kun⸣-[u-ši min₃-de-ma DINGIR] | |
| 8' | [hap]-ʾu ša₂ il-ta-ru ⸢iq⸣-[ta-bi uṣ-ṣu-uṣ-ṣu] | |
| 9' | [ki]-i ta-pal-la-ha MU-[ku-nu la tu-ba-ʾa-ša₂] | |
| 10' | [u] URU-ku-nu ana hap-e ⸢ta⸣-[nam-din ki-i ta-taṣ-ru] | |
| 11' | [ne₂]-mil na-ṣa-ri tam-⸢ma⸣-[ar₂ ak-ka-ʾi-i lu-up-šur] | |
| 12' | ⸢la⸣ na-ṣir-e ⸢ina⸣ [GIŠ.MI na-ṣa-ru lu-še-zib] | |
| 13' | [u ki-i] ⸢la ta-at⸣-[ta-aṣ-ru 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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