CT 53, 364 (P313778)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 364 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313778 |
| 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' | [......] definite word |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] They are groundless [al]legations |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] ... If the Babylonian(s) |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... they will wr]ite and come, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...]; if he |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] terribly |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] a detailed report |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... will take c]are of |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] ... as |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | [......] ... his troops |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... co]mes |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] their forces |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] they have removed |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] will send a [d]etailed [report to the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'–r 8'8' | [Concerning the ...] about which the king, my lord, [wrote to me, ... we]nt [but has not s]ent his report [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] this [...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [who] came [......] |
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⸣ a-bu\t-tu₂ pa-ri-iš-tu₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢dib⸣-bi la-aš₂-šu₂-te\p šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni šum₂-ma DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR{ki} DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 4' | [x x x i]-⸢šap⸣-par-u-ni il-lak-u-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢šum₂⸣-ma šu-u₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ib a-ki pu\tp-luh-te\p | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-mu har-ṣu | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ṣi-in | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-tu-u-ni\d a-ki | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢x⸣-ba {lu₂v}e-muq-qe-e-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢lak-an⸣-[ni] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢A₂⸣.2-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-tu₂-li\d-u₂ | |
| 5' | [x x ṭe₃-e-mu] ⸢har⸣-ṣu i-šap-par | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-ti\t ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7' | [iš-pur-an-ni it-ta]-lak ṭe₃-en-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [x x x x la] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-a an-ni-u₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] il-lik-an-ni | |
| 11' | [x x 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
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