CT 53, 614 (P314026)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 614 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314026 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [The king's wor]d to the 100 b[rick-masons]: |
| Obverse [1:10] o 22–o 1010 | Now t[hat] you have finished [the work] in Dur-Šarruk[en], [...] the bull col[ossi ...] upon you. Just as you have been [...], this [......] the exempts ]......] the king'[s ...]. |
| Obverse [14:24] o 1616– | Come and stand by for the [...] of Assyria, and let the chief [...], the postmen and the workers [take] care of the rest [of the ...]. |
| Reverse [4:13] r 55–r 1313 | As to [... about whom you wrote to me]: "[They should order ...] to do the rest [...] delayed [...]; the exempts [...] should take up [......]. If not [...... |
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]-⸢bat⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na⸣ 01 me u₂-[ra-si] | |
| 3 | an-nu-rig ⸢dul⸣-[la-ku-nu] | |
| 4 | ina {uru}BAD₃\p—{1}MAN—⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 5 | tug\t-dam-me-ra\yp [x x x] | |
| 6 | {na₄}{d}ALAD.⸢LAMA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | ina UGU-hi-ku-nu [x x] | |
| 8 | ki-i ša\dd qa-⸢li⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9 | at-ta-nu-u-ni [x x x] | |
| 10 | an-ni-tu₂ ⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | {lu₂v}zak-ku-u₂\m [x x x] | |
| 14 | [x] ⸢ta⸣ [x] nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 16 | li-kal-ka ⸢a⸣-[na EN.NUN] | |
| 17 | ša\d <$x$> KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki]} | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | i-ti\t-[is-sa] | |
| 19 | u₃ re-⸢eh⸣-[ti o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂v}GAL—ṣi-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}kal-⸢li-a⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}e-piš—dul-[li] {lu₂v}e-piš—dul-[li] | |
| 4 | ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢lil⸣-[li-ku] | |
| 5 | ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | ma-a a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | re-eh-ti\t [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | le-pu-uš ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | na-mar-ku-u [x x x x] | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}zak\m-ku-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢li⸣-iṣ-ba-tu₂-[šu₂-nu x x] | |
| 13 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ šum₂-ma ⸢la⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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