CT 53, 285 (P313700)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 285 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313700 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To] the governor, my l[ord: your servant Nabû-duru-uṣur. Good he]alth to [my] lord! [The city of Der and] the fort are [well]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... it has] rained; the wat[er ...] |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'– | [I have written] to the [governor], my [lo]rd; let my lord do as [the gover]nor, my lord, finds [acceptab]le. The messenger should not tarry; let my lord [quickly] give him orders, [and let him] come here. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 99 | Pe[rhaps] my [lord] will say: "[...] are covered" — |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | the servant[s ...] |
| Right [3:4] r.e. 1111–r.e. 1111 | [w]hat their work [...] |
| Right [4:5] r.e. 1212–r.e. 1212 | cattle [...] |
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] {⸢lu₂v⸣}EN.NAM ⸢be⸣-[li₂]-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 3 | [DI-mu a-na {uru}de-ri DI-mu] a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]-ku | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-u-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣ i-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x i]-zu-nun ⸢A⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢da⸣ a-na {lu₂v}[EN.NAM be]-⸢li₂-ia₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [as-sap]-⸢ra⸣ a-ki ša pa-an {[lu₂v}EN].⸢NAM⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5' | [ma-hir-u]-⸢ni⸣ be-li₂ le-pu-uš\d | |
| 6' | {[lu₂v]}A—KIN {[lu₂v]}A—KIN ⸢lu⸣ la u₂\m-ka\d-aš₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṭe₃-e-mu be-li₂ liš\t-kun-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [lil]-li\tt-ka i—[su-ur-ri] | |
| 9 | [be]-⸢li₂⸣ i-qab-bi ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ka⸣-tu₂-mu {lu₂}⸢ARAD⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢mi⸣-i-nu\d dul-la-šu-nu an ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢AB₂⸣.GUD-HI.A-MEŠ\m a-[x x x]+⸢x u⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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