CT 53, 388 (P313802)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 388 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313802 |
| 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' | ["...] I shall fini[sh ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "My [fa]ther who [was] the pr[elate of ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | wen[t t]o Assyria [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] where the king [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... h]e wrot[e ......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 9'b.e. 9'–b.e. 9'b.e. 9' | [Conc]erning the chief [......] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 10'10'–b.e. 10'10' | [he has sen]t his whole [arm]y [......] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 11'11'–b.e. 11'11' | they are go[ing ......] |
| Bottom [3:4] b.e. 12'12'–b.e. 12'12' | their [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | I shall go to Bit-Hu[......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | If [......], I shall go [to ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 12 magnate[s ......] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [hor]ses [......] |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | his [...] before [......] |
| Edge [4:5] e. 55–e. 55 | [...] people in [......] |
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⸣ u₂\m-ga-⸢mar⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢AD⸣-u₂\m-a ša {lu₂v}⸢ŠA₃⸣.[TAM-u₂-tu x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ina KUR⸣—aš-šur{ki} it-ta-[lak x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ur ti\t a [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] be₂-et LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢is⸣-sap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma aš₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [ina] ⸢UGU\d⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [e-mu]-⸢qe⸣-e-šu gab-[bu x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [i-sap]-ra il-⸢lu⸣-[ku x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x]-ni-šu-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x (x)] a.a [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-na E₂—{1}hu-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | al-lak ma-a šum₂\m-[ma x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | al-lak 12 {lu₂v}GAL-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {[anše]}⸢KUR⸣.RA-ME [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ru [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]-šu₂ pa-an [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] UN-MEŠ\m ina [x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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