CT 53, 425 (P313838)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 425 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313838 |
| 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/saa13 · 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 the king, [my] lord [...] |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | [... NN], his legal [adversary, invoked] the right of appeal to the king concern[ing ..., saying: "[N]N who in Samar[ia comp]letely [...]. I will g[o ...]." Now [the king, my lord, should ...] to [his] servant[(s) le]st I die [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... u]s [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] he/they do not [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the image of the ki[ng ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] I have seen. The king, [my] lo[rd] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | my [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] a break of [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] is [in] fear [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... which he/they] ... the king, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] all not [......] |
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] a-⸢na LUGAL be-li₂⸣-[ia x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x EN]—de-ni-šu₂ EN]—de-ni-šu₂ a-bat LUGAL ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [iq-ṭi-bi ma-a x x]-AN ša ina {uru}sa-mir-i-[na] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x ma]-aʾ-da ma-a a-⸢lak⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a a-na ARAD-[(MEŠ)-šu] | |
| 6' | [LUGAL be-li₂ x x x x x]-a a-mu-at ⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢x x⸣-te ša [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢na⸣-a-ši [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ la i-⸢ka⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x]-bi ṣa-lam ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ a-ta-mar LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | |
| 5' | [lu-u-di x x x x]-⸢ia⸣ a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ hi-ib-bi ša₂ ⸢ka⸣ [x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] pu-lu-uh-te šu-u [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-ša₂-ku-u-ni LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢gab-bi⸣ la ⸢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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