CT 53, 869 (P314278)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 869 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314278 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | ["... who a]cts in this manner. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | "They were entrusted to one another like the horns of [...]; they have [not] been organized [into] royal contingents [l]ike the deportees [...]." |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | I together with [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | she/you will li[ft .....] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I shall d[o t]his [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [The k]ing should not s[ay ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [fr]om the eunuchs [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [N]ow four [eunuchs ...] |
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 a]-ki an-ni\d-[e] | |
| 2' | [e]-pa-aš₂-šu-u-ni [o] | |
| 3' | ⸢ma⸣-a a-ki qar-ni ša\yy ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ a-hi-ši ip-taq-⸢du⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 5' | [a]-ki {lu₂vy}šag\t-lu-u-te ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | [ina] kal-za-a-ni ša\yy ⸢LUGAL⸣ [o] | |
| 7' | [la] ka-aṣ\td-ru [x x] | |
| 8' | [ana]-⸢ku⸣ a-du ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢ANŠE x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ta⸣-ma-ta-[ha x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢an⸣-ni\d-tu₂ e-pa-[aš₂ x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ lu la i-[qab-bi ma-a] | |
| 5' | ⸢TA@v⸣ {lu₂vy}SAG-MEŠ\m [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢ma⸣-a 04 {lu₂vy}[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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