CT 53, 291 (P313706)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 291 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313706 |
| 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: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Conce]rning the gu[ard ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the king [...] about it [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | instead ...[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the rams of [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [a]s a fine [...] |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | "The city-lord watc[hed over] our houses [...]. Why did he not, when [the ...s] were serving with me, watc[h over] their houses?" |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Now until I have giv[en ... t]o [the k]ing [...] |
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-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [ina] UGU ša ⸢EN⸣.[NUN x x] | |
| 5 | ina UGU-hi LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na ku-mi na šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂-MEŠ ša\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [ki]-⸢i⸣ sa-ar-[ti x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a {lu₂vy}EN—⸢URU⸣ {lu₂vy}EN—⸢URU⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | E₂-MEŠ-ni ih-⸢te⸣-[rid] | |
| 4' | a-ta-a a-ki-i [x x x] | |
| 5' | i-si-ia i-la-sa-[mu-ni] | |
| 6' | E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu la ih-⸢ri⸣-[di] | |
| 7' | u₂-ma-a a-du E₂ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ a-di-[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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