CT 53, 258 (P313673)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313673 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant NN. Good he]alth t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Concerning wh]at the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | "Why [......]? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "Write to me!" [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | is afraid [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | we[nt ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | does [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | does not [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | wri[ting-board ......] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | and [NN ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [The king, my lord, can] be g[lad]. |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 5 | [ma] a-ta-a [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢šup⸣-ra an-[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | pa-li-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | it-ta-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ep-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | la ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | {giš}⸢le⸣-[ʾu x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | u₃ {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ŠA₃-[bu ša LUGAL EN-ia lu DUG₃.GA] | |
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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