CT 53, 323 (P313738)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 323 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313738 |
| 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' | [trans]ferring [......] the town Mu[...]. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | For (any cohort commander) who has a bre[ad ration for on]e year and who has men, I [take] from the corn tax and provide it to him in his garrison. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'– | Even where there is no entry, they come and tell me, and I give it, so they can cultivate their fields. |
| Bottom [1:6] b.e. 9'9'– | If I did not allot it, they would take [the corn] they have harvested [prev]iously and eat it, and would not cultivate the fields but turn to me [with]out a superior, saying: "Bread [is being with]held from us!" |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The king, my lord, knows that [...] no [...]; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | they have give[n ...] to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] thei[r] countries [......] |
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]-nu {uru}mu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [u₂-še]-tu-qu ša\dy NINDA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [ša\d] ⸢ṭup⸣-pi-šu₂ i-ba\t-šu₂-ni\d u₃ ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [i]-⸢ba⸣-ši TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi {še}nu-sa-hi\p a-[laq-qi] | |
| 5' | [a-na] EN.NUN\m-šu₂ a-na pa-na-tu-šu₂ a-šak-[kan] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ ina E₂ la-aš₂-šu₂-ni il\y-lak-u-ni | |
| 7' | [i]-qa\d-bu\p-ni a-na-ku a-da\d-an | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | ⸢u₃⸣ {še}NUMUN\y-šu₂\d-nu e-ru-šu₂\d | |
| 9' | ⸢u₃⸣ šum₂-mu la a-pa-qi-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ŠE pa]-ni-um\d-ma ša\d e-ṣi-du-ni | |
| 2 | ⸢i⸣-na-ši-u e-ku-lu u₃ {še}NUMUN\y la e-ru-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [ša₂] ⸢la⸣ EN ina UGU-hi-ia i-sa-hur-u-ni ma-a NINDA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [šak]-⸢la⸣-na-ši LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da\d la ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5 | [x x] a-na LUGAL EN-ia i-ta-⸢nu⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR-MEŠ\m-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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