CT 53, 497 (P313910)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 497 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313910 |
| 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 1o 1–o 33 | [To the kin]g, [my lord: yo]ur [servant NN. Go]od health t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | The Bit-Amu[kaneans] about whom the king, my lord, wrote [to his servant]: "Let them drag [......]" — |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [fr]om her[e ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [t]o the brothers [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [th]ey hoist[ed ......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [th]ey are comin[g ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the town [GN ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] 70 hectares [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [o]f Bit-Za[bidaya ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | any myrtle [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | have [no]t given to me [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [I shall] sue them. Let them [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [and g]ive to me [......] |
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}[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu]-u DI-mu ⸢a⸣-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}E₂—{1}u₂-[ka-na-a.a] | |
| 5 | ša\m LUGAL\td be-li₂ [a-na ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 6 | iš-pur-u-ni ma-[a x x x x] | |
| 7 | lil\m-da-du-[ni x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ un-na-⸢ak⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [a]-na ŠEŠ-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢in⸣-ta-at-[hu x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢il⸣-lu-ku-u-[ni x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢ka⸣ ši [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] {⸢uru}x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢lu⸣ 70 ANŠE ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša⸣ {kur}E₂—za-[bi-da-a.a x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢a⸣-su-um\y-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢la⸣ i-din\d-nu-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [a]-gar-raš-šu₂-nu liš\d-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [lid]-din\d-nu-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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