CT 53, 338 (P313753)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 338 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313753 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | "...[......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | send to m[e! ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the terrain [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | is squeeze[d ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | it is not suitable [for ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | until I mobi[lize ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... the ki]ng [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] he sa[id .......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... th]e el[ders ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Concern]ing [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [o]f the land [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | they have lead o[ut ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | not [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Ubru-[......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | with [my] mes[senger ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | to [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | We shall retur[n ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | the res[t ......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | with [......] |
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' | ⸢ma-a x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | še-bi-la-⸢an⸣-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 3' | kaq\d-qu-ru\dy [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-zu-⸢uʾ⸣ [a-na x x x x] | |
| 5' | la il\m-lak [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-⸢du u₂⸣-šat-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢a⸣-[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] iq-⸢ṭi₂⸣-[bi x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] {⸢lu₂vy}AB⸣.[BA-MEŠ x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ {kur}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢e⸣-tab-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | la i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}SUHUŠ\m—{d}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | TA@v\m {lu₂vy}⸢A⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina UGU-⸢hi⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ni\d-sa-⸢hu⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | re-⸢eh⸣-[ti x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | u₂-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | TA@v\m [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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