CT 53, 419 (P313832)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 419 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313832 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] I will inspect the [...] there |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... I will g]o to Harran |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] the mayors |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] have descended ... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] I will go to Halahhu, and |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [whatever] I see |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [wharever] they do |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] I will tell to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] It rained on the 16th; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] pour[ed ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] that [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...... who] loves [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] to the king [my lord] |
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] {kur}a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-me ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢a-mar⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ a-na {uru}KASKAL | |
| 4' | [x x x al-la]-ka {lu₂v}ha-za-na-te | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-ša₂-sa-te i-⸢tu\t-ur⸣-[du] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na {kur}ha-lah₃-hi al-la-[ka] | |
| 7' | [mi-i-nu] ⸢ša⸣ a-ma-ru-u₂-ni | |
| 8' | [mi-i-nu] ⸢ša i⸣-pa-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ina IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ a-qa-[bi] | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢UD 16-KAM₂\t A.AN i-⸢zu⸣-[nun] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢UD⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ik-ta-[x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢KIN⸣ am-me-[u₂] | |
| 13' | [x x x x i]-ra-ʾa-mu-u-ni [x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-la a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂] | |
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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