CT 53, 344 (P313759)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 344 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313759 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] the Vizier |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] the king, my lord, wro[te] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] silver (from) their toll dues |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......]. Now |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [the .....] who pay toll dues |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [to ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] of my fathers |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] you |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [..... As] to the merchant[s] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [of ...and Ṭa]bî |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [.....] about whom [I wrote] to the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [and whom the ki]ng, my lord, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | gave to me [......], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [now ...] and Ṭabî |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] have seized them |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] cavalry |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] Ṭabî ... |
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]-⸢ru\d⸣ {lu₂v}SUKKAL [o] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] LUGAL be-li₂ i-sa-[x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUG.UD mi-ik-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-ka u₂-ma-a | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ mi-ik-si | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] i-da\d-nu-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣ ša\d AD-MEŠ-ia | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] an at ⸢tu₂⸣ nu a | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {lu₂}⸢DAM.QAR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [ša {1}x x x {1}DUG₃].GA-i | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ša\d a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5' | [aš₂-pur-an-ni] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ i-di-na-an-ni | |
| 7' | [an-nu-rig {1}x x]-a {1}DUG₃.GA-i | |
| 8' | [x x x x u₂]-ṣa-bi-tu-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] BAD-HAL-lum-ni\d | |
| 10' | [x x x x {1}⸢DUG₃⸣.GA-[i] ⸢a⸣-lak-⸢šu-u₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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