CT 53, 311 (P313726)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 311 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313726 |
| 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 [2:8] o 3'3'–o 8'8' | [... Gam]bulu [......] tribu[te ...... you will re]turn [......] your [......] you did not send [the ... o]f this land [to me]. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'–o 13'13' | I am writing to you right [now]: do not [...... t]o the people, but take your [tribut]e and come to me! [I am going to w]rite ... [about the tr]ibute of Ellipi, [they too will bring] their tribute. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | As to Humbê [of Bit-Zualza, what I wrote in] my previous [letter ...... |
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] {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-u-ni EN [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x {kur}gam]-bu-li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ma-da-⸢at⸣-[tu₂ x x] | |
| 5' | [x x ta-sa]-ah-hu-⸢ra⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-⸢ba⸣-ku-nu ⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢ša KUR⸣ ha-an-ni-⸢e⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [ina UGU-hi]-⸢ia⸣ la tu-še-bi-⸢la⸣-[ni] | |
| 9' | [u₂-ma-a] ⸢an⸣-nu-rig a-sa-⸢ap⸣-[rak-ku-nu] | |
| 10' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ UN-MEŠ la ta-[x x] | |
| 11' | [ma-da-at]-⸢tu₂⸣-ku-nu i-ṣa al-⸢ka⸣-[ni] | |
| 12' | [ina UGU ma]-⸢da⸣-te ša\d {kur}il-li-[pa] | |
| 13' | [x x la-aš₂]-pu-ra\p ma-da-tu₂-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 14' | [x x x ina] UGU {1}hum-be₂-e [x x] | |
| 15' | [ša ina e-gir₂-ti]-⸢ia⸣ pa-ni-it-⸢te⸣ | |
| 16' | [x x x x x 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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