CT 53, 403 (P313817)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 403 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313817 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] palace [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... Gabbu]-amur who [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...... You] know that [the ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [who ...]... g[o and] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...]. Now, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [with] my assembled [tr]oops [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] together with the h[orses ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] the chief eunuch [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...... say]ing: "The king, [my] lor[d, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the royal bodyguard who [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] one [...] of the palace [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... have co]me, saying: "We have been sent [to ...]" — |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [that is] not [true]! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [You] know that [the ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [who] goes [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] the royal bo[dyguard] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] before the city Ku[...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] to the [...] |
| Reverse [10:14] r 11'11'–r 14'14' | [A]s to the ne[ws of ...] |
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] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] E₂.GAL [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du ul [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x {1}gab-bu]—⸢a⸣-mur ša ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x at-ta tu]-u₂-da ki-⸢i⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ru-u-ni il-[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni an-nu-rig [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x e-mu]-⸢qi⸣-ia kar-ka-ti\t {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-li a-du {⸢anše⸣}[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—SAG {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—SAG i-[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na [x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x ma]-⸢a⸣ LUGAL be-[li₂ x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢sa x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] {lu₂v}qur-bu-ti\t ša\d [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ ša\d E₂.GAL 01-en [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x it-tal]-ku-u-ni ma-a [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢šap⸣-ra\t-a-ni la [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x at-ta tu]-u₂-da ki-i [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-lak-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u₂ {lu₂v}qur-⸢bu⸣-[ti\t] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ pa-ni {urud}ku-[x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]-⸢ta⸣ a-na {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x ina] UGU ṭe₃-⸢e⸣-[me x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x]-nu it-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ hu [x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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