CT 53, 895 (P314304)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 895 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314304 |
| 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' | [......] of the city Ur[iakka ...] |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [...l]î, the city-lord [of ...], the one who was placed [......] instead of [NN, ....... has run away] to Šaparda. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] they have not agreed |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] to give |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [......] no [on]e of them has come [......]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] of Daltâ |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] does not accept |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [......] I came |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 13'b.e. 13'– | [......] until my presence |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] is established [in] the country |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...... the]reafter my tribute |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...... th]e deportees |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [who .....], their houses, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [their ...], their stored corn, |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [...... th]eir [...] from [Pa]rsua |
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] ⸢ša\y⸣ {uru}ur-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x {1}x]-⸢li\d⸣-i {lu₂v}EN-URU {lu₂v}EN-URU | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢šu⸣-u-tu₂ ša\y ina ku-⸢u₂⸣-[me] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ iš-ši-ki-nu-[ni] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na {kur}ša₂-bar-⸢du⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ im-ma-gu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na ta-da-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x 01-en]-ma TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ la il\t-[li]-ka | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\y {1}dal-ta-a | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-ni la i-mah-har | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-ni at-tal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a a-du pa-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR i-ša₂-kan-u-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x ha-ra]-ma-ma ma-da\d-ti | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ga\d-li\tm-te | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]-an-ni E₂\d-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {še}tab-ki-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-nu TA@v\m {kur}⸢par⸣-su\t-a | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] [x x x x x x x x x x] me | |
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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