CT 53, 626 (P314038)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 626 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314038 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [Concerning the field about which the king, my lord, wro]te to me: ["... of the] Chaldeans [... which y]ou took, [...; ...] the field [and give it back] to the Chaldeans" — |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] I said [to K]unaya |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] from |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] I brought forth |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] they refused to |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...... I became] scared |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] my [s]ilver |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... I to]ld him |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] he gave |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] saying: "Go |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] field, silver |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...... p]laced |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] 5 minas from it |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... w]ent to him |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] the crown prince |
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' | [ina UGU A.ŠA₃ ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [ma-a x x x x {lu₂]}kal-da₃-a.a | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-u-ni ma A.ŠA₃ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x] a-na {lu₂}kal-da₃-a.a | |
| 6' | [x x x x {1}⸢ku⸣-na-a.a aq-ṭi₂-bi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v pa-an | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-še-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ im-ma-gur₂-ru | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x ap]-⸢ta⸣-lah₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢KUG⸣.UD ia-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x aq-ṭi₂]-ba-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣-a-nu-u | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] it-ta-an-na | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a a-lik | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] A.ŠA₃ KUG.UD | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣-ku-nu-u-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] 05 MA.NA TA@v ŠA₃-bi | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ta⸣-lak ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x DUMU—LUGAL⸣ DUMU—LUGAL⸣ | |
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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