CT 53, 376 (P313790)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 376 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313790 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... Hu]mbappi th[e eunuch] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] presented [...], saying: "[...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] "let him give me just as much [...] from the hands of Humbari[š]." |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... aro]und me (belong) to the king of [Elam]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [...] has entered [...]babu and said [to ...]: "Why does [...] lead all the [...]s?" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] to this eunuch [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | He should not go [befo]re him |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | but give his [...]s to the king. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] equally much to |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | [... o]f Humbariš |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...... the Elamite]s |
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 {1}hu]-um-ba-ab-bi {⸢lu₂v⸣}[SAG] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] uq-ṭar-ri-ib ma-a [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-bi ma-a ina ŠU.2 {1}hum-ba-⸢ri⸣-[iš] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] lu-ša-an-šil lid-di-na | |
| 5' | [x x bat-ti]-⸢bat⸣-ti-ia a-na LUGAL {kur}[NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-ba-bu e-ta-rab [o] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] iq-ṭi-bi ma-a a-ta-⸢a⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-ti gab-bu i-rad-di | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂v}SAG an-ni-i [o] | |
| 10' | [x x ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ lu la il-lak | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ a-na LUGAL lid-din | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-sa-an-šil a-na | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {1}hum-ba-⸢ri-iš⸣ | |
| 14' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x {kur}NIM.MA]{⸢ki⸣}a.a | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
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