CT 53, 871 (P314280)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 871 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314280 |
| 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' | they lift [......] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | Likewise, as the people [...], the king, my lord, should have written: "Inspect [...]!" |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'–o 9'9' | He should have [chec]ked what [...]; if it was g[ood ...], he should have angrily said to my equal [...]: "[...] 27 [...] with [......]" |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | (He said): "[......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | that which [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | to the king, our lor[d ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | my brothers before [......] |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | As [I was] in Bab-bitqi, he came and to[ld me: "......]" |
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] | |
| 2' | ⸢i⸣-na-aš₂-ši-ʾu-u a-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-se-niš a-ki UN-⸢MEŠ\m⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ lu iš-pur\p [x x x x] | |
| 5' | am-ra mi-i-nu i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | lu e-x x šum₂\m-ma ṭa\y-[a-ba x x] | |
| 7' | a-na {⸢lu₂v⸣}mi-hir\m-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | lu ⸢ir-u₂⸣-ba\t ma-a 27 ⸢na⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | i-⸢si-x⸣+[x] ⸢ma⸣-a [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | šu-u ša\ydm ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na LUGAL be-[li₂]-ni\t [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ŠEŠ\m-MEŠ\mm-e-a pa-an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-ki ina {uruy}KA₂\dp—bit-[qi a-na-ku-ni] | |
| 8' | ⸢i⸣-tal-ka iq\d-ṭi-[bi-a ma-a x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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