CT 53, 308 (P313723)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313723 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To] the king, [my lord]: yo[ur servant] Nadin[...]. |
| Obverse [2:12] o 33–o 1212 | As to the foundation stone [about which I wrote] to the king, my lord, [in] one side of it [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Now th[en] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] iron [sw]ords [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... Perhaps |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [the king], my lord, will say: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | "Why did you bring out [...]?" |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Do [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | I guard [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | before [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | In the days of [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 14r.e. 14–r.e. 14r.e. 14 | [a]t 1.5 shekels [...] |
| Right [2:4] r.e. 1616– | [let] him not [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] lands [...] |
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}na-⸢din⸣-[x x] | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ pu-u-li\d [o] | |
| 4 | [ša] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL be-li₂\d-⸢ia⸣ [(x x x)] | |
| 5 | [ina] bat-ti-šu 01-et ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-su it-⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢ak\t⸣ ša₂-ni-[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x] u₂\m-ru-⸢ku⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | [pu-u]-⸢lu⸣ ur-ki-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢i⸣-ša₂-an-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x]-aš₂-ru ṣa [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢ina UGU⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-ta an-nu-[rig] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢GIR₂⸣-MEŠ AN.BAR ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] na ⸢KA₂⸣ i—su\t-ri [o] | |
| 5' | [LUGAL] be-li₂\d i-qab-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢ma⸣-a a-ta-a ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | tu-še-⸢ṣi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ta⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ṣa [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | e-⸢pu-uš⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | a-na-⸢ṣar⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ina pa-an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ina ŠA₃ UD-MEŠ ša\ydm [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 01 GIN₂ 1/2 [x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x]+⸢x⸣ ka na ir [x x x x] | |
| 16 | [lu] la u₂\m-⸢ba⸣-[x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-na KUR-MEŠ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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