CT 53, 305 (P313720)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 305 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313720 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [in] Arz[uhina ......]. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | I am w[riting to you righ]t now: [after I have] sent [..., speak] with [NN wh]o [has written] to the Palace ab[out ...]: |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | "Why [is] the wor[k delayed]? To whom did you [......]? Have they p[romoted NN] as city [lord]?" |
| Obverse [7:15] o 8'8'– | He is [...]; as for you, [be ready] wi[th your army and wi]th your ch[ariot] troops, assemble the Gurreans, the It[u'eans, the ...], the exempt infantry, the kal[lāpu troops and ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [I said:] "No [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [de]layed [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... the cr]own prince [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | does [n]ot bring [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Mannu-ki-[Adad ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | "As [......] |
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' | [ina {uru]}⸢ur-zu⸣-[hi-na x x x x] | |
| 2' | [an-nu]-rig a-⸢sa⸣-[ap-rak-ku-nu ki-ma x x] | |
| 3' | [u₂]-⸢se⸣-bi-la TA@v\m {1}x x x du-ub-ba] | |
| 4' | [šu]-tu₂ ina E₂.GAL ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ta-a dul₆-⸢lu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [ma]-a ina UGU man-nu ta-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [EN]—⸢URU⸣-u-te-e [EN]—⸢URU⸣-u-te-e u₂-⸢se⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢šu⸣-u at-tu-nu a-⸢di⸣ [e-mu-qi-ku-nu] | |
| 9' | [a]-di\d ERIM-MEŠ ša\d {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | {[lu₂v]}gur-ru {lu₂v}i-tu-[ʾu x x x x x] | |
| 11' | {[lu₂v]}zu-ku {lu₂v}⸢kal⸣-[la-pu x x x] | |
| 12' | [pu]-uh-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x] ta ṣa [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x] a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [mu]-⸢uk la⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [na]-mar-ku ⸢lu⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x] ⸢DUMU⸣—LUGAL ⸢DUMU⸣—LUGAL {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢la⸣ u₂-bal ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}⸢ma⸣-nu—ki-i—{d}[IM x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢ma⸣-a ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x 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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