CT 53, 837 (P314246)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 837 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314246 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] Babylon |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] before the Kiprê |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] they used to buy |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] they used to pick up all of them |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'–o 9'9' | [......] them. Later I appointed a eunuch of mine [... wi]th them; [they co]llected [...] and returned 50 camels [......]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] corn rations |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...... a] messenger and cam[els] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] I opened [... (and) ...] to them |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] they should bring him here. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | [Concerning NN about whom the king], my lord, wrote to me: "[Se]nd him [......] to Guza[na with yo]ur [...]! Let them settle [the ...... f]armers, shepherds [......]!" — [now NN], a [Guz]anite |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......]-ibni, the farmers ...... |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] says: "I am a citizen of Babylon. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [......] to a citizen of Babylon |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [......] who ...[...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...... th]eir arms |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] KA₂\d.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] ina IGI {⸢lu₂v⸣}kip-re-e | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢bi⸣ i-laq-qi-ʾu-u | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] DU₃-šu₂-nu i-mat-tu-hu\d | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]-šu₂-nu ha-ra-ma-ma {lu₂v}SAG\d-ia | |
| 7' | [x x x x x i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂-nu ap-ti-qid\p-di | |
| 8' | [x x x x x e]-⸢tas⸣-pu 50 {anše}gam-mal-MEŠ\m | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x] u₂-sa-hi-ru\d-u-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ṣu⸣-u-ni {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x {lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—KIN {lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—KIN u₃ {anše}gam-[mal-MEŠ] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢ap⸣-ti-ti a-na ša₂-a-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ni x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-la-a-ni-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-bi-lu-niš-šu₂ | |
| 4' | [ina UGU {1}x x x ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 5' | [ma-a x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ a-na {uru}gu-za-[na] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x šup]-⸢ra⸣-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x {lu₂v]}⸢ENGAR⸣-MEŠ {lu₂v}SIPA-MEŠ\m | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-še-ši-bu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x {uru}gu]-⸢za⸣-na-a.a šu₂-u | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-⸢DU₃⸣ {lu₂v}ENGAR-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}ARAD\m šu₂-u | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ma-a DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR{ki}ku DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR{ki}ku | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x a]-na DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR{ki} DUMU—KA₂\d.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\ydm i-ma-[x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x] A₂-MEŠ\m-[šu₂]-nu | |
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