CT 53, 301 (P313716)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 301 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313716 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | and [......] |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | all those who [......] into my presence |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I told [them]: |
| Obverse [6:11] o 7'7'– | "The k[ing ......]; but [...] the h[orses] in 13 [days ...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | "[NN ... your] labour duty. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | "[...] stored corn and fo[dder] for the pack-animals [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | "And barley [rations] from [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Now what is it that the k[ing, my lord, commands]? |
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' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | am—mar [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina pa-ni\d-[ia x x x x] | |
| 5' | gab-bu [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | aq\d-ṭi-⸢ba⸣-[aš₂-šu₂-nu] | |
| 7' | nu-uk\d ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | u₃ {anše}[KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 9' | ina 13 [UD-me x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | nu-uk\d {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | il-ka-[ku-nu x x] | |
| 3 | nu-uk\d {še}tab-⸢ku⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ nu-uk\d {še}ki-[su-tu₂] | |
| 5 | ša\m {anšem}a-ṣap-pi [x x] | |
| 6 | u₃ nu-uk\d {še}[PAD-MEŠ] TA@v\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | u₂-ma-a mi-i-nu ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂ i-qab-bu-u-ni] | |
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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