CT 53, 887 (P314296)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 887 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314296 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to] the king, m[y] lord! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] of Arrap[ha] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] in the cities [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [NN the] bodyguard [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... The d]ay that [...] Arra[pha] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [...] he part[itioned] the fields |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] one [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... the king], my [lord] should know [......] |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'– | Let the king, my lord send (word) [to ... that they should br]ing me ...[...]. Let them [...] them wor[ds] and let them com[e here and do] their [work]! |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | [Concerning ...]nanu [...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1111–r.e. 1111 | [...] bord[ers] |
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 be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x]-⸢x⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ša\ydm {uru}arrap-[ha] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ina ŠA₃ URU-MEŠ\m-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x] a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 7 | [x x x {lu₂v]}qur-bu\p-ti\t i-[x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi-ri il-[x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] ⸢UD⸣-mu ša\yd {uru}⸢arrap⸣-[ha] | |
| 10 | [x x x x] A.ŠA₃-MEŠ\m ip-⸢ta\d⸣-[x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x ša x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-bu\p 01-en ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ lu-u-⸢da⸣ ha-[x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] LUGAL be-li₂ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] liš-pur {kur}un-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | [x lu-(še)]-⸢bi⸣-lu-u-ni dib-[bi] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-šu₂-nu li\t-li\t-[ku-ni] | |
| 8' | [dul]-⸢la⸣-šu₂-nu le-[pu-šu₂] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x x x {1}⸢x⸣-na-nu [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ru\d tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x] ta\p-hu-⸢ma⸣-[ni] | |
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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