CT 53, 835 (P314244)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 835 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314244 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | "[... y]ou(r) [......] in Karall[a ...]. You (pl.) do not pay attention to [what] we write to you, (so) now they have a l[ot] to say." |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | I wen[t to] Dur-Be[l-ila'i and] e[ntered] into the presence of Nabû-re'u'a. He said: "The Ellipeans jointly [...] the ki[ng ...]. Why have you [...ed] the town [... and] gone down [to ...? ...] this [......]." |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | I said: "I [......] Mar-[......] |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | [He said: "... y]ou return [...], let them deposit reed [... in Urz]uhina. ...[...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | "[......] have ru[n away ...]." |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x]-⸢ku⸣-nu ma-a [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x]-a ina {kur}kar-al-⸢la⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | [ša₂] ni-ša\mm-pa-ra-ka-nu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 4 | PI.2-MEŠ\m la-a ta\p-ša₂-ka-[na] | |
| 5 | ma-a u₂-ma-a dib-bi-šu₂-nu ma-[aʾ-da] | |
| 6 | at-tal-[ka ina] {⸢uru⸣}BAD₃\pp—⸢EN⸣—[DINGIR-a.a] | |
| 7 | ina IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢SIPA⸣-u-a ⸢e⸣-[tar-ba] | |
| 8 | ma-a {kur}il-lip-a.⸢a⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi a-he-iš ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | ma-a a-ta-a {uru}[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | tu-ri-da-aʾ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | an-ni-te ma-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | mu-uk\tdp ana-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | {1}DUMU—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-sa-hur ma-a {gi}ap-pa-[ru x x x] | |
| 2 | [ina {uru}ur]-⸢zu⸣-hi-na liš\d-ku-nu {kur}ša₂-⸢gi⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a ih-⸢tal⸣-[qu x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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