CT 53, 485 (P313898)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 485 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313898 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] Marduk-[......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [from] there [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Inurta-ku[......] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | show[ed ......] |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 11'11'– | The kallāpu messenger [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...]ed his work quota [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Let [the king, my lord,] ask the kallāpu messenger [...] whether in [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | to Harmas[aeans ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Ha[rg]aeans to [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | When you have taken coun[sel ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | kill him [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | to my son [......] |
| Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313 | my house [......] |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [TA] ŠA₃-bi ik-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x] {1}{d}MAŠ⸣—ku-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢uk\dp⸣-tal-li\d-[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | [x x x x] ša\d [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-pir-[te {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-pir-[te x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | iš-ka-šu₂ i-[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-pir-⸢tu₂⸣ {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-pir-⸢tu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | liš\d-ʾa-al šum₂\p-ma ina [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na {uru}har-ma-⸢sa⸣-[a.a x x x] | |
| 5 | {uru}⸢har-ga⸣-a.a a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | E₂ tu-um-ta-⸢lik⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | GAZ-šu₂ ma-a bi-[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na DUMU-ia [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | E₂ ma-a at-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | šu-u₂\m MI₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | tu-se-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢TA@v\m x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣ [x x 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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