CT 53, 332 + 550 (P313747)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 332 + 550 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313747 |
| 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 [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [I wrote] t[o the king], m[y lo]rd: |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | "[......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | all these who [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 9'b.e. 9'–b.e. 9'b.e. 9' | [...] the king, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | [The king], my lord, should kn[ow] that these Itu'[eans] are no more com[ing] to me! [Il-y]ada' has depo[rted them] from my presence. They should call him to account for them. I have sent my messenger, who came from his presence, to the king, my lord; the king, my lord, should question him. |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1111–r 1515 | Badâ has left for the ki[ng, my lord. He told me]: "The Aradatea[ns have go]ne to I[l-yada'], they did [no]t [come to me]." |
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] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] it [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢bi šu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢EN-ia⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | nu-⸢uk⸣ [x] ⸢gu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | an-nu-ti am—mar [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [x x]-⸢di⸣ LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 10' | [x x] u₂\m-ṣa-⸢ar⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [LUGAL] be-li₂ lu u₂\m-[da] | |
| 2 | la-aš₂-šu₂ {lu₂vp}i-tu-⸢ʾa⸣-[a-a] | |
| 3 | an-nu-ti\t ah—[hur] | |
| 4 | ina pa-ne₂-e-a la il\t-⸢lak⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 5 | {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ u₂\m-sa-⸢ga⸣-[li-šu₂-nu] | |
| 6 | TA@v pa-ne₂-e-a ina ŠU.2-[šu₂] | |
| 7 | lu-ba-⸢ʾi⸣-iu-u-šu-nu [o] | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a ša TA@v pa-ni-šu₂ [o] | |
| 9 | il-lik-an-ni ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 10 | a-sap-raš-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ [liš]-al-šu₂ | |
| 11 | {1}ba-da-a ina IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂] | |
| 12 | it-tal-ka šu₂-u₂\m [iq-ṭi-bi-a] | |
| 13 | ⸢ma-a⸣ {lu₂v}a-ra-da-⸢ta⸣-[a-a o] | |
| 14 | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ku ina IGI {1}⸢DINGIR⸣—[ia-da-aʾ] | |
| 15 | [ma-a] ⸢la⸣ il-li-⸢ku⸣-[ni-ni] | |
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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