CT 53, 606 (P314018)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 606 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314018 |
| 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 king, my lord: your servant B]el-eriba. [Good health to the king], my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] Adda-rami |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...... be]yond |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [... the king], m[y] lord |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... r]un around with [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [the ...] which I bought, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [the ... of] the caravan brought. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... Re]ally, now |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] horses |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] three horses |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] about three horses |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | [....... go]t angry |
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-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d]}⸢EN⸣—SU | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be]-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x {1}10—ra-mi | |
| 5 | [x x x x x a]-hu-la | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-⸢iq⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x LUGAL] EN-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢ab x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x i]-du-lu i-si-[x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢im⸣-ma ša₂ al-qu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KASKAL u₂-bi-lu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x ke]-⸢e⸣-tu u₂-ma-a | |
| 6' | [x x x x] {anše}KUR.RA\t-MEŠ\m | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-ni 03 {⸢anše}KUR⸣.RA-MEŠ\m | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU 03 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m | |
| 9' | [x x x x ir]-⸢tu⸣-ʾu-bu | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a | |
| 11' | [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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