CT 53, 836 (P314245)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 836 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314245 |
| 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]. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | As to [the saplings] about which they wr[ote to me] from [the Palace ..., ...] sapl[ings of ...] are [now] avail[able ...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The towns [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | all [......] |
| Obverse [11:19] o 1212– | [They] absolutely [...] refu[se to obey me]; they do not [...] the [... and do not transport] the sapl[ings], saying: "[......] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | "We shall not [......, w]e are exempt [......]." |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The prefect [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | her[e ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | an order [......]. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | Instead of exe[mpted men ...], the prefect should send [......]. |
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] | |
| 2 | be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 3 | ARAD\p-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\d TA@v [E₂.GAL x x x] | |
| 6 | iš-pur-[u-ni-ni x x] | |
| 7 | {gišd}⸢ziq⸣-[pi x x x] | |
| 8 | qur-[bu x x x x] | |
| 9 | URU-⸢MEŠ\t⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | gab-bu\p [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | u₂\dm-dan\d-[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | la-aš₂-[šu₂ x x x x] | |
| 13 | la i-ma-[gur x x x] | |
| 14 | {lu₂vy}[x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | la i-[x x x x x] | |
| 16 | {giš}ziq-[pi x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a e-[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina pa-[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ma-a ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | la ni\d-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ma za-ku-⸢a⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂vy}GAR-nu [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ha-na-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | ṭe₃-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ku-mu za-⸢ku⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}GAR-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | liš\d-pur [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢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
- 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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