CT 53, 382 (P313796)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 382 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313796 |
| 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 [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [Perhaps the ki]ng, [my] lor[d, will s]ay: "How many stages are there [from] Hun[nur] to [Bit-Bunak]ki?" |
| Obverse [6:18] o 7'7'– | [From Hun]nur to Bubilu it is [x stages, fr]om Bubilu [to Mada]ktu one stage, [from Madaktu t]o [Malak]ka [...]..., [from Mal]ak [to Bit-B]unakki [x stages, and from] Bit-Bunakk[i to] me three stages. |
| Reverse [3:12] r 44–r 1212 | [...] has written to me: "[The king of] Elam heard [that a] citizen of Babylon has written to [Assyr]ia: '[Concern]ing the news of the king of Elam, tell your [lord] that [...... as f]ar as [...]'" |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢du⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢ni ma⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-u₂ ina ⸢hi⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [is-su-ri] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-[li₂ i-qab]-bi | |
| 5' | [ma-a TA@v {urud]}hu-un-[nu-ru] a-du-u₂\m | |
| 6' | {[urud}E₂—bu-na]-ki ki ma-ṣi mar-de-e-ti\t | |
| 7' | [TA@v {urud}hu-un]-nu-ru a-du-u₂\m {urud}bu-bi-lu | |
| 8' | [x mar-de-ti] ⸢TA@v⸣ {urud}bu-bi-lu | |
| 9' | [a-du-u₂\m {urud}ma]-⸢dak⸣-ti\t 01.et mar-de-ti\t | |
| 10' | [TA@v {urud}ma-dak-ti\t a]-du\d-u₂\m | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | {[urud}ma-lak]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-mar [o] | |
| 13' | [TA@v {urud}ma]-⸢lak⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-du-u₂\m {urud}E₂]—⸢bu⸣-na-ki [x] | |
| 2 | [mar-de-ti\t TA@v {urud]}⸢E₂⸣—bu-na-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 3 | [a-du-u₂ UGU] ⸢a⸣.a-ši 03 mar-de-ti\t | |
| 4 | {1}x x x x] is-sap-ra | |
| 5 | [ma-a LUGAL {kur]}NIM.MA{ki} is-se-me | |
| 6 | [ma-a {lu₂v]}⸢DUMU⸣—TIN.TIR{ki} {lu₂v]}⸢DUMU⸣—TIN.TIR{ki} šu-u | |
| 7 | [ina KUR—aš-šur]{ki} is-sap-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 8 | [ma-a ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ṭe₃-e-mu ša LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 9 | [ma-a x x]-ka\d qi-bi-i ma-a ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | [x x x a]-⸢du⸣-u₂\m ŠA₃-bi [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ li\d [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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