CT 53, 879 (P314288)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 879 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314288 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... o]f the king |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] you did not send [... to] his lord |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... when] he entered [my presence] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] they d[o ... i]n Der |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] he wrot[e] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] as i[f] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... he c]ame |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...... wh]en you sa[id] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] there is [... in the Pa]lace |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [did I not s]end [...] to you? |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... who/which] goes [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...... wh]en you sa[id] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] whom |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] king [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [... c]ame [...]. When we were staying [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] they returned |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] with reference to Jupiter |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...... m]y [bo]dyguard |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...... the bodyg]uard [...] |
| Reverse [9:18] r 10'10'–r 18'18' | [......] I sent [...]... to [......] |
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] ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL\t | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x] EN-šu₂\d la taš-pur | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] e-ru\d-ban\t-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ {urudy}de-ru\d ⸢ep-pu⸣-[šu] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] pu te GU₂\t [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] i-sa-ap-[ra] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v\m ma-[ṣi] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x i]-⸢tal-ka⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x ki]-i taq-⸢ba\t⸣-[ni] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x E₂].GAL\p i-ba\t-ši | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x u₂]-⸢še⸣-bi-lak-ka | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-lak-u-ni | |
| 13' | [x x x x ki]-⸢i⸣ taq-ba-ni | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x man⸣-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x]-la\p-me | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x i]-tal-ka ki-i | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢kam⸣-mu-sa-ni\d-ni\d | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-su\t-uh-ru\d | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v\m UGU {mul}SAG\t.ME.GAR | |
| 8' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}⸢qur⸣-bu-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x {lu₂v}qur]-⸢bu⸣-ti i-⸢ti⸣-[x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-⸢lu⸣-tu₂ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-sa-[par] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ta kal⸣ [x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x]-u-ni\d ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ is [x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢u⸣-ni\d [x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x x] UGU | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x x] lu | |
| 18' | [x x x x x 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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