CT 53, 797 (P314207)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 797 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314207 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To [the king, my lord: your] servant [NN]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | [As to the cavalrymen about whom the king, my lord], gave [me orders], I have revie[wed them]: 106 [cavalry]men seen, 9[4 missing], under the command of the prefect [NN]. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313– | The ki[ng], my lord, gave me no orders re[garding] the chariot owners, but I have reviewed them too along with the ca[valry]: 10 chariot owners, 21 of their king's men, in all 31 chariot owners seen, 69 [miss]ing, under the command of the [recru]itment officer Tut[î]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I have assigned 150 hor[ses ...]; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | now [...]. |
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] | |
| 3 | lu [DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [ina UGU {lu₂}ša—BAD-HAL-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 6 | [ṭe₃-e-mu] | |
| 7 | iš-ku-na-[an-ni] | |
| 8 | a-ta-⸢šar⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 9 | 01 me 06 {lu₂vy}⸢ša⸣—[BAD-HAL-MEŠ] | |
| 10 | am-ru-te 94 [LAL-e] | |
| 11 | ša ŠU.2 {1}{d}[x x x] | |
| 12 | {lu₂vy}šak\t-ni ⸢ina⸣ [UGU] | |
| 13 | {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 14 | ṭe₃-e-mu la iš\t-⸢ku⸣-na-an-ni | |
| 15 | TA\m {lu₂vy}ša—BAD-[HAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ma | |
| 16 | a-ta-šar-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ | |
| 2 | 21 {lu₂vy}ERIM—MAN-šu₂-nu {lu₂vy}ERIM—MAN-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | PAB 31 {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ {lu₂vy}EN—{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ | |
| 4 | am-ru-te 69 LAL⸣-e | |
| 5 | ša ŠU.2 {1}tu-⸢ti\t⸣-[i {lu₂vy}mu]-šar₂-kis | |
| 6 | 01 me 50 {anšed}⸢KUR⸣.[RA-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | u₂-tu-si-⸢ik⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | an-nu-rig\t [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
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