CT 53, 452 (P313865)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313865 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] The seal [...... the king] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | my lord should command: "[......]" |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | their 'party' which [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | let them bring; the servants [of ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | should perform [...]. If there is fault [......]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Now the king ... [......]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | The eye[s o]f the king are upon [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [No] one inter[cedes] for me [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | and from th[is] silver [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [The king], my [lo]rd, knows t[hat ......] |
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] ⸢ki⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]-ia {na₄}KIŠIB [x x x x LUGAL] | |
| 3' | be-li₂ liq-bi ma-a a-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | qa-[re]-e-te-šu₂-nu ša [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | lu-[bi]-lu-ni ARAD-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | le-⸢pu⸣-šu₂ šum₂-mu hi-⸢ṭa⸣-[šu₂-nu i-ba-aš₂-ši] | |
| 7' | an-[nu]-rig LUGAL i-si-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | IGI.2-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL ina UGU-hi-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | me-[me]-ni ab-bu-ti [x x x iṣ-ṣa-bat] | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂⸣ TA@v ŠA₃ KUG.UD an-⸢ni⸣-[i x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [LUGAL be]-li₂ u₂-da ⸢ki⸣-[i x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x 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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