CT 53, 397 (P313811)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313811 |
| 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' | [...] cam[e ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [I have he]ard that [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | are continually se[n]ding [...] |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | Again, [(the fact) that] you s[ent] me your [...]s and your [...]s but do not provide them [with ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] says |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | We shall provide you [with ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Š]umma-šarru, a chariot fighter |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'– | [......] outside [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] throne |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] your [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] I did [no]t drive away |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] enter |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] the throne exists |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] they are lying to you |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] they tell you [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... wi]th the throne of the deputy (governor) |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [(...)] there is also [another throne] |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | [... M]ay he inspect and do [...] |
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]-⸢tal-ka⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [as]-⸢se⸣-me ⸢ma-a x x niš⸣ | |
| 3' | [x]-a is-sa-⸢nap⸣-[pu]-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 4' | [x]-u₂ tu-ur-a [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka | |
| 5' | [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka taš-[x x]-an-ni | |
| 6' | [x x x] la tu-ša₂-aṣ-bat-ša₂-⸢nu⸣-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] i-qab-bi | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣-ta | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ nu-ša₂-aṣ-bat-ka | |
| 10' | [x x x {1}⸢šum⸣-ma—MAN {lu₂vy}A—SIG {lu₂vy}A—SIG | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x] qa-ni [x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x {giš]}GU.ZA | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ a-bu-uk | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e-ru-ub | |
| 6 | [x x x x] {⸢giš⸣}GU.ZA i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ is-sa-na-al-lu-ka | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-qab-bu-ni-ka | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ GU.ZA ša {lu₂}02-e | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-ba-aš₂-ši-ma | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] ⸢le⸣-e-mu-ru | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] le-e-pu-uš\d | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]-⸢ru⸣ | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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