CT 53, 333 (P313748)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 333 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313748 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [On the 12th and 13]th I delivered the (barley) of the governor [of ...] in the city of Issete, [on the 14th], 15th and 16th, [that of the gov]ernor of Arbela in [...]-Adad. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | [On the 17th and] 18th [I delivered] the (barley) of the Palace Herald [in the town of ...]appi on [this] side of the city of Baqar; on the 19th and 20th [I delivered that of the governor of Ar]zuhina [......] Šamaš-belu-(uṣur) [...... |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | [On the 21st and 22nd] I delivered [that] of the Chief of Granaries [in ...; on the 23rd] I delivered [that of] the governor of Kilizi in [...]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | I shall deliver [the ... to] the governor of Arbela in [...]; I shall deliver [the ...] to the Palace Herald in [...]ispi. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | The fodder [for] a calendar [month which they ...] from the Palace is at their disposal. [......] days [...... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [UD 12-KAM₂ UD 13-KAM₂ ša\dm {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 2' | {[uru}x x x] ⸢ina⸣ {uru}01-te | |
| 3' | [UD 14-KAM₂] UD 15-KAM₂ UD 16-KAM₂ | |
| 4' | [ša {lu₂]}⸢EN⸣.NAM {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 5' | [ina {uru}x]—{d}IM at-ti\t-din | |
| 6' | [UD 17-KAM₂ UD] 18-KAM₂\t ša\dm {lu₂m}600—KUR {lu₂m}600—KUR | |
| 7' | [ina {uru}x]-ap-pi ina bat-ti\t | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢ša\dm⸣ {uru}ba-qar | |
| 9' | [at-ti-din] ⸢UD⸣ 19-KAM₂ UD 20-KAM₂ | |
| 10' | [ša {lu₂}NAM {uru}ur]-zu-hi-na | |
| 11' | [x x x x x {1}{⸢d⸣}UTU—EN—<PAB> | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣ gi šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x x x x x]-ti\t | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] u₂-tur-a | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]-u-ni\d | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-ni\d | |
| 2 | [UD 21-KAM₂ UD 22-KAM₂ x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}GAL—kar-ma-ni {lu₂}GAL—kar-ma-ni | |
| 3 | [ina {uru}x x x]-ab ⸢at⸣-ti\t-din | |
| 4 | [UD 23-KAM₂ ša {lu₂]}EN.NAM {uru}kal₃\d-zi | |
| 5 | [ina {uru}x x] ⸢at⸣-ti\t-din | |
| 6 | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}EN.NAM {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 7 | [x x x]-ki a-da-na | |
| 8 | [x a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}NIGIR—⸢E₂⸣.GAL {lu₂}NIGIR—⸢E₂⸣.GAL | |
| 9 | [x x x]-is-pi a-da-na | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢ITI⸣ UD-MEŠ\m {še}ki-su-tu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x] TA@v E₂.GAL | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-u-ni\d ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-MEŠ\m-te | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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