CT 53, 437 (P313850)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313850 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant, Nabû-šumu]-iddina. [Very good health ind]eed [to the king, my lord]! [May Nabû and Mard]uk [bless the king], my [lord]. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | [x h]orses [trained to the yo]ke [have come i]n [from the comman]der-in-chief |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [What are the written instru]ctions [of 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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU]—SUM-na | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [a—dan-niš a—dan]-niš [o] | |
| 5 | {[d}PA {d}AMAR].UTU | |
| 6 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ia | |
| 7 | [lik-ru-bu x] ⸢KUR⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [ša ni-i]-ri | |
| 9 | [ša {lu₂}tur]-tan-ni\d | |
| 10 | [e-tar-bu-u]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | [x x x x]-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]-⸢i⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]-ri | |
| 3 | [x x x x]-rab | |
| 4 | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [mi-nu ša LUGAL] be-li₂ | |
| 9 | [i-šap-pa]-⸢ra⸣-an-ni | |
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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