CT 53, 360 (P313774)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 360 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313774 |
| 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' | [......] the field [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] our force on them |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] "Really one |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] we captured |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] "there are no [It]u'u (troops) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] does not go |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the men whom they caught |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... to the k]ing my lord? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] all that the king, my lord, |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [......] he completed |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'–b.e. 11'b.e. 11' | [...... th]ose |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 13'13'– | [......] the town |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...... w]hat |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...... s]hould know |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... he should] surround [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... Now the]n a tent |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] the king to m[e] |
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] A.ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] A₂.2-ni ina ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ma-a ket-tu₂ 01.en | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni-iṣ\d-ṣab-bat | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-⸢tu⸣-ʾu ma-a la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-ši la il-lak\d | |
| 7' | [x x x x] {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m ša\d u₂\m-ba-ru\d-u-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣-e be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-tu₂ am—mar LUGAL be-li₂\d | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂\m-sal-lim a-na | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | [x x x x x x]-mu-ti | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] me | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] URU | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x mi⸣-i-nu | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x]-ri-ti | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-⸢x⸣-ku | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-u-du | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] ⸢i x⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ur | |
| 8 | [x x x li]-⸢il⸣-bi | |
| 9 | [x x an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ {tug₂}maš-kan | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]+⸢x LUGAL a.a⸣-[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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