CT 53, 374 (P313788)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 374 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313788 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant] Nabû-balliṭan[ni. Good heal]th to the king, m[y] lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | [Concerning] Natan and Mannu-iri [about whom the king], my lord, wrote to me: "[W]hat are the matters [that ... in] the message?" — [I questio]ned t[hem ...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | This [wo]rk which they have done [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [i]n Lahiru [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [gr]eatly [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | The whole city [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [bef]ore Nabû-š[allim ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [The peop]le of the city [...] greatly. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Aft]er [...] tents [...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [...]... very [...] |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—TI\t.LA-an-[ni] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI]-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina UGU {1}na-tan {1}man-nu—i-ri | |
| 5 | [ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | [ma a.a]-u₂-tu di-⸢ib⸣-bi | |
| 7 | [ša ina] ši-pir-te [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [a-sa-ʾa]-al-⸢šu⸣-[nu x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]+⸢x⸣ ni ⸢tu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢dul⸣-lu an-ni-u ša\ym [x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢i⸣-pu-šu-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ {uru}la-hi-⸢ri⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [a]—dan-niš ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x]+⸢x⸣-bu URU gab-bu [x x x] | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢pa⸣-an {1}{d}PA—⸢šal⸣-[lim x x] | |
| 9' | [UN]-MEŠ\m URU a—dan-niš [x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢TA@v⸣ E₂ maš-ka-na-⸢te⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]-kul\t-u-ni a—dan-niš [x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢har⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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