CT 53, 429 + 430 (P313842)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 429 + 430 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313842 |
| 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/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 33–o 33 | [...]s of the magnates. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 44–o 44 | [... fourths of the ga]teway completed |
| Obverse [2:3] o 55–o 55 | [...... gatew]ay, a half, 2 brick-cour[ses] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 66–o 66 | [... fou]rths, 3 cross-[beams] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 77–o 77 | [......] brick-courses l[aid] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 88–o 88 | [......] fourths [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 99–o 99 | [......] brick-courses [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... brick]-courses [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] compl[eted ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]... 2 brick-courses l[aid] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] Arzuhin[a] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] Habruri |
| Obverse [13:14] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... Ni]neveh, Kilizi |
| Obverse [14:15] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] completed [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...... br]ick-course [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] com[pleted ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...... bri]ck-course [...] |
| Obverse [18:20] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...... bri]ck-courses [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [x] Damascus, Abu-[...], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] 1 brick-course [...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Sa]maria, [...], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Sam]'al, Kub[anaše], |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Kul]immer[i ...] |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'– | [...] Til-qu[......] |
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 | ||
| 3 | [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL ga-mu-rat [x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x KA₂].⸢GAL⸣ meš-lu 02 ti-ik-[pi] | |
| 6 | [x x x x qa]-ta-te 03 bi-ri-[a-te] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ti-ik-pi ⸢kar⸣-[ru] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢qa⸣-ta-te [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x ti]-ik-pi ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x ti]-ik-pi [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ga-⸢mur⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ 02 tik-pi ⸢kar⸣-[ru] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}ar₂-zu-hi-⸢na⸣ <[x]> | |
| 6' | [x x x x x {kur]}hab-ru-ri [(x x)] | |
| 7' | [x x x x {uru]}⸢ni⸣-nu-a {uru}kal₃-⸢zu⸣ <[x]> | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-⸢na⸣ ga-mur [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x ti]-ik-pu {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ga⸣-[mur x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x ti]-⸢ik⸣-pu [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ti⸣-ik-⸢pi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] ib-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x {uru]}di-maš-qa {1}⸢AD⸣—[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] 01 ti-ik-pu [x x x x] | |
| 3' | {[uru}sa]-me-ri-na {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | {[uru}sa]-⸢ma⸣-al-la {uru}ku-⸢ba⸣-[na-še] | |
| 5' | {[uru}ku]-⸢li⸣-im-me-⸢ri⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] {⸢uru}DU₆—qu⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [x x] ša {lu₂v}[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
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