CT 53, 872 (P314281)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 872 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314281 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | I (wrote him): "Where are the king's 120 logs?" He returned and told me: "I have brought in the third (installment of) logs, and l[ef]t it on the border of Quruba." |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The U[kkean ......] |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | He re[turned ...] and said to the Ukkean: "Why do you bring the king's troops to me? I will have them removed." When the troops departed, the Ukkean [said to m]e: |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | "[... yo]ur [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] the logs (at) the pass [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] to the messenger of Adâ [......] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [......] of the town Paye the men [......] |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | [......] the ci[ty ......] |
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' | ⸢nu-uk\td 01 me 20 {giš}UR₃⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 2' | ša\ydm LUGAL a-le\tt-e | |
| 3' | šu-u₂\m i-su\t-hur iq-ṭi-bi-a | |
| 4' | ma-a {giš}UR₃-MEŠ\m šal-ši-u-te | |
| 5' | u₂\m-se-ri-ba\t ina ta-hu-me | |
| 6' | ša\ydm {kur}qu-ru-ba ⸢ur-ta⸣-me | |
| 7' | {kur}⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-⸢su\t⸣-[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na\t {kur}u₂\m-ka-a.a iq-ṭi₂-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4' | ma-a e-mu-qi ša\d LUGAL a-na mi₃-ni\d | |
| 5' | ina UGU-hi-ia tu₂-ba\t-⸢la⸣ | |
| 6' | a-na\t-ku\y-ma a-ba\t-ak | |
| 7' | ki-i e-mu-qi\m u₂\m-na\t-me-ša₂-ni\d | |
| 8' | {kur}u₂\m-ka-a.a [iq-ṭi]-⸢bi⸣-a | |
| 9' | [ma-a x x x x x x]-⸢x-ka⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}UR₃-MEŠ\m {kur}ne₂-ru-bu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] a-na\t {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN ša\ydm {1}a-da-⸢a⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢KUR⸣ {uru}pa-ie-e {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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