CT 53, 899 (P314308)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 899 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314308 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | May [DNN] bless [the king, my lord]. May Bel [and Nabû] give to [the king, my lord], a [life] of [lon]g days. [May the king, my lord, by] the command of [...] and [..., whose] shepherd[ship] is as eternal as [heaven and earth], exercise kingship [...] years of reign. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | [As to what the king], my lord, wrote to me: "Make known to me the names of the priests [... and] the [...] of their gods [...]" — |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] temple [...] |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | These are the ones who are stand[ing] in for their fathers: Ahu-riba, son of the boatman, Ahušina, chariot-[knight], and Nabû-nadin-apli, son of [...] — a total of 3 helpers for the priest[s ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | for [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Urdu ... [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Total: 4 [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Nabû-[.........] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | N[N ......] |
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' | lik-⸢ru⸣-bu {⸢d}EN {d⸣}[PA x x x] | |
| 2' | ša UD-MEŠ [ar₂-ku]-u₂-[ti] a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | lid-di-nu [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-⸢mat⸣ [(x)] | |
| 4' | u₃ {[d}x x ša₂] ⸢re⸣-ʾu-[us-su] | |
| 5' | a-ki [AN-e u KI.TIM] ⸢da⸣-ru-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6' | BALA-MEŠ [x x x x x] LUGAL-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 7' | le-pu-[šu ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8' | ma-a {lu₂}SANGA-MEŠ-ni MU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [x x] na-ṣa-ni ša DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 10' | [x x]-u₂ ša₂-aš₂-man-[ni] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢E₂—DINGIR⸣ ⸢E₂—DINGIR⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] dul-[x x] | |
| 3' | ša ku-um AD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-za-⸢zu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 4' | {1}PAB—SU DUMU {lu₂}MA₂.⸢DU⸣.[DU] | |
| 5' | {1}PAB-ši-na {lu₂}DUMU—[SIG₅] {lu₂}DUMU—[SIG₅] | |
| 6' | {1}{d}PA—SUM—DUMU.UŠ DUMU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 7' | PAB 03 A₂.2-⸢MEŠ {lu₂}SANGA⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 8' | a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {1}ur-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | PAB 04 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | {1}{d}PA—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | {1}{d⸣}[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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