CT 53, 874 (P314283)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 874 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314283 |
| 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 Šulmu-beli. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [A mes]senger [of ... has arrived in] our [co]untry; [he sends the king his re]gards. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | [A]s to the [merchants ... about wh]om the king, my lord, w[rote me, ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 2 merchants [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | who were killed, when [......], |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | a [... o]f the king, [my] lo[rd ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | who in [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | upon all the countri[es ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | to greet the king, [my] lo[rd ...]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | He has deta[ined] my merchants [and ...ed them], while I [have] not [detained] his merchants; what are the king my lord's instructions? |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | (In the days) of my father and my grandfather, [...] the chief victualler [...ed] the corn [...]. Pe[rha]ps the king, [my lord], will say: "[......]" |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}DI-mu—EN] | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {[lu₂}A]—šip-ri {[lu₂}A]—šip-ri [ša x x x] | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢ma⸣-a-ti\t-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢šul⸣-mu [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [i]-⸢na⸣ UGU {⸢lu₂⸣}[DAM.QAR-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | ⸢ša\ydm⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 9 | 02 {lu₂}DAM.QAR-MEŠ\m [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša\ydm i-⸢du⸣-ku-ni a-ki [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | 01-⸢en⸣ [x x] ⸢ša\ydm⸣ LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša\ydm ina [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-na\t ⸢UGU⸣ KUR.KUR-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na šul-me a-⸢x x LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | {lu₂v}DAM.QAR-MEŠ\m-ia ik-ta-[la x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na\t-ku {lu₂v}DAM.QAR-MEŠ\m-šu la [x x x] | |
| 6' | mi₃-i-nu ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢i⸣-[qab-bu-u-ni] | |
| 7' | AD-ia AD—AD-ia AD—AD-ia [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {lu₂v}GAL—da\d-ni\d-bat {lu₂v}GAL—da\d-ni\d-bat {še}[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣—[su]-⸢ri⸣ LUGAL [be-li₂ i-qab-bi] | |
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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