CT 53, 435 (P313848)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 435 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313848 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...] I am [no]t able to [.... Now then] I am writing [to the king], my [l]ord; let the king, my lord, do what[ever he finds acceptab]le. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... who] is making them stand [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... "W]hy [are] my people at the disposal of [NN]? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] and the vizier [...] on it |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... the ... of] Ma'umaya are assembl[ing ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... I]l-yada' [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] Now from [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...... Bit]-Šilanu [......] |
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 la]-⸢a mu-qa\d-a.a la-a u₂-x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia₂ a-sap-ra mi-ni ⸢ša⸣ [ina pa-ni-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [ma-hir-u]-ni LUGAL be-li₂ le-pu\t-uš [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x u₂]-ša₂-⸢az\dp-za⸣-zu-šu₂-nu-u-ni\d a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x a]-⸢ta⸣-a UN-MEŠ\m-ia ina pa-an {1}[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-ni u₃ {lu₂v}SUKKAL ina UGU-hi [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}⸢ma⸣-ʾu-ma-a.a i-pa-hu-[ru x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x {1}⸢DINGIR⸣—ia-da\d-aʾ sa-[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi ⸢a⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x {kur}E₂]—⸢ši-la-nu⸣ [x 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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