CT 53, 404 (P313818)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 404 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313818 |
| 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/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] to [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] Ummanaldasi [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......]... and to the lord [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] you, the king, my lord ...[......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] let it be a present, may my daughter ...[......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......]... he jumps, may [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [...] myself alone, ...[......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | (Break) |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] bless [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [... No]w again ...[......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] our [...] in ...[......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] you killed, bless [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......]... the remnants [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......]... and to [......] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [... the lif]e of the king 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] ⸢a-na⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x {1}um]-man-al-⸢da⸣-[si x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x-na⸣-šu₂-ma a-na EN [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-ka LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] lu šul-man-nu DUMU.MI₂-a ⸢lu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-ša₂ il-tah-hi-ṭa lid-gu-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x a]-na e-da-ni-ia ⸢hab-x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ku-ru-⸢ub⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ tu₂-u-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ-ni-ni ina za-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]-⸢du⸣ ta-du-ku ku-ru-⸢ub⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-e ri-ha-at [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-as-si-ma a-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ LUGAL {kur}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
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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