CT 53, 414 (P313827)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 414 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313827 |
| 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 [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | [... to]gether with [Na]nû, the e[unuch ...] came across (the mountain) to Hiptuna on the 12th bringing 2 horses and [x] oxen with them. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'– | Their [gu]ides [......], but they [are co]ming. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, [wro]te to me: "[I]f they come, [nob]ody should speak with th[em]" — |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | I have appo[inted] recruits [wi]th them. [No]w, what are t[he king my lord's orders]? |
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] | |
| 2' | {1}na]-nu-u {⸢lu₂v}SAG⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [i]-si-šu₂-nu 02 {anšed}KUR-[MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [x] GUD.NITA₂-MEŠ ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [UD] 12-KAM₂ ina {uru}hi-ip-tu₂-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢it⸣-ta-bal-kat₃\d-u-ni | |
| 7' | [ra]-⸢di⸣-a-te-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢di x⸣ [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [il]-⸢la⸣-ku-ni [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN | |
| 2 | [iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni\p ma-a | |
| 3 | [šum₂]-⸢ma⸣ il-la-ku-u-[ni] | |
| 4 | [me]-⸢me⸣-ni i-si-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 5 | [lu] la i-da-bu-[ub] | |
| 6 | {[lu₂v]}rak-su\t-MEŠ [o] | |
| 7 | [i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂-nu up\d-⸢ta⸣-[qid] | |
| 8 | [u₂-ma]-⸢a mi⸣-nu ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] | |
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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