CT 53, 877 (P314286)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 877 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314286 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | "in your hands. [The king should hear] what [I] have to say." Now then I am sending [him] to the ki[ng my lord's] presence. Let the king, my lord, que[stion him]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... said to me] as follows: |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | "The watch of [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | "during the days [of ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | "I have rul[ed] the country [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | "should be confident [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | "During [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | I have not [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | a let[ter ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | "[......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | and a le[tter ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | before [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The messengers [whom ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | to the son of Ze[rî ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [have not] yet [returned ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | of the bod[yguard ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | the messengers [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | in the presence [......] |
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' | ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina ŠU.2-ka [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša\tym pi-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia a-sap-ra-šu₂] | |
| 5' | LUGAL\t be-⸢li₂⸣ liš\d-[ʾa-al-šu₂ x x x x] | |
| 6' | ki-i an-ni-[i x x x iq-ṭi-bi-a] | |
| 7' | ma-a EN.NUN\m ša\tym [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša\tym ŠA₃-bi UD-⸢me⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a KUR ab-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | lu ra-hi-iṣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ma-a ina ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢la u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | e-⸢gir₂⸣-[tu₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₃ e-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | pa-na-at [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂v}A—KIN\tdm-⸢MEŠ\m⸣ {lu₂v}A—KIN\tdm-⸢MEŠ\m⸣ [ša x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina UGU DUMU—{1}⸢NUMUN⸣-[i x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂\m-di\d-ni [la x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša\tym {lu₂v}qur-[bu-ti x x x x] | |
| 9' | {lu₂v}A—KIN\tdm-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}A—KIN\tdm-MEŠ\m [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ina ⸢pa-ne₂⸣-e-[x x 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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