CT 53, 290 (P313705)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 290 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313705 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Salve against le]prosy |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [......] sick [e]ars |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [......] paralysis |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...... o]f ears |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] roasted barley |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [......] to do |
| Obverse [10:11] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | repeated[ly gets ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | cure [of ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | sa[lve ......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | and [rites ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | cure [of ......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | salve [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | and rit[es ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | cure [of ......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | salve [......] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 14'14'– | and ri[tes ...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 15'b.e. 15'– | salve (against) lep[rosy] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | from under the feet [of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | and the eyes [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | cure of a ki[dney ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "If a person's [right] hand [...]" |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | "If a person's le[ft] hand [...]" |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | of the whole flesh [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | rites [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] he will die. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1313–r 1515 | Salv[es], fumigants, poti[ons] against buzzing [ears], |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1616–r 1616 | fumigants to go with the incantation ...[...], |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1717–r 1717 | strong fumigants ...[...], |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1818–r 1818 | a golden [ar]row ...[...], |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1919–r 2020 | golden [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | 'Wiping of the mouth,' salv[e against] aphas[ia and rites] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | against ap[ha]sia. |
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 | [nap-šal-tu₂ ša] ⸢SAHAR⸣.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ⸢PI⸣-MEŠ GIG-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] šim-mat | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ PI.2-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x ŠE].SA.A | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] ⸢e⸣-pa-še | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-bil | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]-bil | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 1' | is-sa-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TUK.⸢TUK⸣-[ši x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢bu⸣-ul-⸢ṭi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | nap-[šal-tu₂ x x x x] | |
| 8' | u₃ [ne₂-pe-še-MEŠ x x] | |
| 9' | bu-ul-ṭi [ša x x x] | |
| 10' | nap-šal-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | u₃ ne₂-pe-[še-MEŠ x x] | |
| 12' | bu-ul-ṭi [ša x x x] | |
| 13' | nap-šal-tu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 14' | u₃ ne₂-[pe-še-MEŠ x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | nap-šal-tu₂ ša₂ SAHAR.[ŠUB.BA] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša KI.TA GIR₃.2 [x x x] | |
| 2 | u₃ IGI.2-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | bu-ul-ṭi ša ⸢BIR⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | 1 NA A₂.2-šu₂ ša [ZAG x x] | |
| 5 | 1 NA A₂.2-šu₂ ša ⸢KAB⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | ša kal-la ⸢UZU⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | ne₂-pe-še-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢i⸣ za ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] bu [x x] | |
| 13 | i-ma-⸢ta⸣ nap-šal-[a-ti] | |
| 14 | qu-ta-ri maš-qi₂-[a-ti] | |
| 15 | ša šu-gu-me₂-[e PI.2 | |
| 16 | ⸢qu⸣-ta-ri ša₂ EN₂ um-[x x] | |
| 17 | ⸢qu⸣-ta-ri KALAG-MEŠ za-ni-[x x] | |
| 18 | [šil]-⸢ta⸣-hu KUG.GI sa-qa-[x x] | |
| 19 | [x x] DI-MEŠ KUG.⸢GI⸣ [x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ba | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-aš₂ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ka-par pi-i nap-šal-[tu₂ ša] KA.DIB.[BI.DA u₃ ne₂-pe-še] | |
| 2 | ša KA.[DIB.BI].DA | |
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)
- 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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