CT 53, 307 (P313722)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 307 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313722 |
| 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/saa01 · 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 king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are] we[ll, all the king's forts] are well. The ki[ng, my lord, can be glad] indeed. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 88–o 1616 | They have got hold of [that] horse concerning [which the king my lord gave me] or[ders] [...... |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | ......] the merchant [...... t]o the [Palace] Superintendent [......] like the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [6:13] r 77–r 1313 | The chariot grooms of the ša-šēpi guard [...] under my command are asking for plants [... and one] full talent of bronze [...] per one team of hor[ses ...] in accordance with what the ki[ng ...]. What exactly does the king, my lord, order? |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5 | DI-[mu a-na E₂.KUR-MEŠ-te] | |
| 6 | DI-mu ⸢a-na⸣ {[uru}bi-rat ša LUGAL gab-bu] | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA] | |
| 8 | {anše}KUR.RA [am-mi₃-u₂ ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 9 | [ina] UGU-hi-šu₂ ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[mu iš-kun-an-ni] | |
| 10 | [iṣ]-ṣab-tu-ni\d-šu₂ ina [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi la [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x]-hu-ra a-[x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x]-⸢mu⸣ iš-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] ša\dm u₂-[x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x] u₂\m-pat-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {[lu₂]}DAM.QAR šu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}ša\m—pa-[an—E₂.GAL x x x] | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢ki⸣ LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | {[lu₂]}{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ ša\dm GIR₃.2 x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢ša⸣ ina IGI-ia U₂\m-HI.A [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x] GU₂.UN MA.NA ⸢URUDU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša\d 01-et {anše}⸢u₂⸣-[re-e x x] | |
| 11 | pi-it-ti\t ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | er-ri-šu mi-nu\d ša\m ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 13 | i-qa\d-bu-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
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