CT 53, 885 (P314294)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 885 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314294 |
| 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 kin[g, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The day that the [army and the ...] of the Urarṭian [......], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Azâ [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | to the [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | we [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | ca[me] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | came [......], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | saying: "Why [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | no bread [......]?" |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | The palace herald [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | "The Urarṭian [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | from/with [......] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | [...] 7 [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 10r.e. 10–r.e. 10r.e. 10 | the rest [......] |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 1111– | "Of [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] the sartinnu; take [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | and put [......]. |
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 | {lu₂vy}ARAD-ka {1}{[d}IM—KI-ia] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | UD-mu ša\tym {lu₂vy}[e-mu-qi x x] | |
| 5 | ša\tym {kur}URI\tm-a.[a x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}a-za-a [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | e-ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ni-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-⸢tal⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-tu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-ta-lak [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ma]-a a-ta-a [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | NINDA-MEŠ\m la-a [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂vy}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂vy}600—E₂.GAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a {⸢kur}URI\tm⸣-a.a [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | TA@v\m [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x x] 07 [x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | re-ha-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ma-a ša\tym [x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}sar\p-tin-ni ⸢ma\p⸣-a i-ši | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ kur-ru | |
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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