CT 53, 818 (P314227)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 818 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314227 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good] health to [the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | As to what the king] my lord wrote to me: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | "[......] in the presence |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [of ......]!" I |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] they discharged |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] appointed under him |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] again |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [......] they discharged |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] he is a [chariot d]river |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] Nineveh [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] of the Inner City [...] their |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... of] Arbela and [...] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | [......] tiller |
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}ki-ṣir—aš-šur lu] DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 3 | [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ša LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂ iš-⸢pur-an-ni⸣ | |
| 4 | [ma-a x x x x]-ia ina IGI | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na-ku | |
| 6 | [x x x x up]-⸢ta⸣-at-ti\t-iu-u | |
| 7 | [x x x x KI].TA-uš-šu₂ ip-taq-⸢du⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ u₂\m-sa-hi\p-ru\d | |
| 9 | [x x x up]-⸢ta⸣-at-ti\t-iu-u | |
| 10 | [x x x {lu₂v}DIB]—{⸢kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}DIB]—{⸢kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ\m šu-u₂\m | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] {⸢uru}NINA⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša\d {uru}ŠA₃—⸢URU⸣ [x x]-li\d-šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x ša] {⸢uru⸣}arba-il₃ ša\d {uru}[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] {lu₂v}qa-tin-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣-tu₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢da na⸣ | |
| 7' | [x 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
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