CT 53, 409 (P313822)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 409 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313822 |
| 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 55–o 55 | [...] of the house of Tu[...], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 66–o 66 | [wh]en his son f[led], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 77–o 77 | [... U]rmakinn[u ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 88–o 88 | [did not] come [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 99–o 99 | [...] Iau-'a[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 1010–o 1010 | [No]w he and [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 1111–o 1212 | [At]â-idri [had an au]dience [with me] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1313–o 1313 | [... the mo]untain from Hub[uškia] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] Hubuš[kia ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] on [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | "There is one [...]; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | "he is Bel-qatua [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Now, muc[h ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | opposite them [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the hands of the king [...]. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'–r 11'11' | [As to what I said t]o the king, [my] lo[rd]: "Ever sinc[e the king, my lord, sent me t]o Hubuš[kia], they have [...]ed me in [...] and [...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [...] Hub[u]š[kia ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x] ša E₂ {1}⸢tu-u₂-x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [ki]-i DUMU-šu in\p-[na-bit-u-ni] | |
| 7 | [x {1}⸢ur⸣-ma-ak-in\p-⸢nu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [la-a] ⸢il\yd⸣-li-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] {1}ia-u₂—⸢ʾa⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ šu-u [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | {1}a]-⸢ta⸣-a—id\m-ri [ina pa-ni-ia] | |
| 12 | [i]-⸢ti\t⸣-ti\t-is\d-⸢su⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x] ⸢KUR⸣-e TA@v {kur}hu-⸢bu⸣-[uš-ki-a] | |
| 14 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {kur}hu-bu-⸢uš⸣-[ki-a x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x] ina UGU [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ma⸣-a 01-en šu-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢šu⸣-u {1}EN-ŠU-u-a {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a ma-ʾa-⸢ad⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢pu⸣-tu-uš-šu-nu u [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢TA@v⸣ ŠU.2 LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [ša a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-⸢li⸣-[ia aq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 8' | [mu]-uk\dt TA@v ma-⸢ṣi⸣ [LUGAL be-li] | |
| 9' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {kur}hu-bu-uš-[ki-a iš-pur-an-ni-ni] | |
| 10' | [a]-na ia-a-ši ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]-lu-u-ni u₃ [x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] {⸢kur⸣}hu-⸢bu⸣-uš-[ki-a x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
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