CT 53, 893 (P314302)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 893 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314302 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! The city of D[er and the fort a]re well. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | My messenger [whom] I sent [to ...] has c[ome back and told me (this)]: |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | "Nabû-ušab[ši ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | "from Hidal[u ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | "six stag[es ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | "there [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | "the tr[oops ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | "in Bubi[lu ......] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | "The king of E[lam ... is] in Bit-B[unakki]. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | Further, "the [...] is coming [......] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | of Inurta-[......] |
| Top [2:3] t.e. 33–t.e. 33 | to the kin[g, my lord ...] |
| Top [3:4] t.e. 44–t.e. 44 | I shall se[nd ...] |
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\p-ka\d {1}{d}[UTU—EN—PAB] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na {urud}⸢de⸣-[ri DI-mu a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU] | |
| 5 | {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a [ša a-na x x x] | |
| 6 | aš₂-pur-u-ni it-[tal-ka iq-ṭi-bi-a] | |
| 7 | ma-a {1}{d}PA—GAL₂\d-[ši x x x x] | |
| 8 | TA\p {urud}hi-da-⸢li⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ma-a 06 mar-⸢de⸣-[e-ti x x x] | |
| 10 | ma-a ina ŠA₃-bi [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ma-a {lu₂v}e-[mu-qi x x x x] | |
| 12 | ina {urud}bu-bi-[lu x x x x] | |
| 13 | ma-a LUGAL {kur}[NIM.MA{ki} x x x] | |
| 14 | ina {urud}E₂—⸢bu⸣-[nak-ki šu-u₂] | |
| 15 | u₃ ma-a {lu₂v}[x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢il\y⸣-la-ka\d [x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x] ⸢ru x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša {1}{d}MAŠ—[x x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-šap-[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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