CT 53, 341 (P313756)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 341 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313756 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... t]o the kin[g, my lord] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] and [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] the harvest [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] is good. The land of Ha[u ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] their harvest [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... th]is alone [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] alongside the mountain [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] has been done. The front agai[nst ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] everybody [is] in [his ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] the whole land of [H]au is ...[...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [The k]ing, my lord, [can] be glad. [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...]-iddina has collected [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] ..., millet, k[udimmu salt] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] they will join [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [......], saying: "...[...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [......] and to [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [......] up[on] [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [......] the town [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [I am sen]ding them [in charge of my mess]enger t[o the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Further, [...... of] the Itu'eans [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] they should quickly set out here [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... t]o Nergal-eṭir th[e ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] I said: "If the harvest [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] he is for comi[ng up ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] (erasure) |
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] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] u₃ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]-kil {še}BURU₁₄\p ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ṭa\d-ba {kur}ha-[a-u₂ x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] {⸢še⸣}BURU₁₄\p-MEŠ\tm-šu₂-nu ⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x an]-ni-tu₂ u₂\m-de-ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ šid-di KUR-u₂\m [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢in⸣-ne₂-piš pu\p-tu₂ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] ma ia-mut\d-tu₂ ina ŠA₃ [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x {kur}ha]-⸢a⸣-u₂\m gab-bu\p na\t-⸢mar⸣-[x x x] | |
| 12' | [ŠA₃-bu ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ lu DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ [x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x]-AŠ uk\dp-ta-ni-iš [x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x]-ri-bu\p {še}tuh-nu {še}⸢ku⸣-[dim-mu] | |
| 15' | [x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ in-ne₂\d-me-du ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a u₂\m-har-⸢ri⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x]-⸢ik⸣ u₃ a-na [x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x] ina ⸢UGU x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x] ⸢aš₂ URU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣ ki mal\p [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}A]—⸢KIN⸣-e\d-a {lu₂v}A]—⸢KIN⸣-e\d-a a-[na UGU LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 4' | [as-sa]-⸢bar⸣-aš₂-šu₂-nu u₃ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}i-tu-ʾa-a.a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ar₂\m-hiš lu-nam-mi-šu₂-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] mu-uk\d šum₂-ma {šep}GAN₂ [x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] šu-u ša e-li-[x x (x)] | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra lu nam na me [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]-ka | |
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
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