CT 53, 904 (P314313)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 904 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314313 |
| 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' | "t[o ....... Al]l is [ver]y we[ll]." |
| Obverse [1:15] o 2'2'– | The seal (impression) that he brought is not made like the seals of the king, my lord. I have in my possession a thousand seal(ed order)s of the king, my lord. I compared it with them, and [it] was not made like the seal of the king, my lord. I am herewith sending the seal(ed order) to the king, my lord. If it is genuine, let them send me a duplicate of the seal(ed order) which I s[en]t, I will deposit it [wi]th him, and he may go where the king, my lord, sent him to. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | Concerning the seeds about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "[...] eight litres was missing [......] you [......]" — |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [......] city-lords |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | "not [....]." |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | I gave him [...]. The city [......] |
| Edge [4:5] e. 55–e. 55 | I shall ...[...] |
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' | ma-a ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | DI-⸢mu⸣ [a—dan]-⸢niš⸣ un-qu ša\dm na-⸢aṣ~d⸣-an-ni | |
| 3' | a-ki un-qu-a-ti\t ša\dm LUGAL\t BE-ia₂ | |
| 4' | la e\d-ep-sa-at 01 lim un-qa-a-ti\t | |
| 5' | ša\m LUGAL BE-ia₂ ina pa-an-ia ina pi-it-ti\t | |
| 6' | u₂\m-sa-an-hi-ri a-ki un-qi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | ša\m LUGAL\t BE-ia₂ la ep-sa-[at] | |
| 8' | pa-an LUGAL\t BE-ia₂ un-qu [o] | |
| 9' | u₂-se-bi-la šum₂\m-ma [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ket-tu₂ ši-i un-qu ša\m ⸢aš₂-pur⸣-[u]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢mi₃-hir⸣ liš\t-pur-ru-⸢u₂⸣-ni | |
| 3 | [i-se]-e-šu₂ la-aš₂-kun-nu | |
| 4 | ⸢ina E₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-ru-šu-u-ni | |
| 5 | lil-⸢li\d⸣-ki ina UGU-hi {šep}NUMUN-MEŠ\m | |
| 6 | ⸢ša LUGAL\t be-li₂⸣ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 7 | [ma-a x]+⸢x x x 08 qa in-ti\d-ṭe₃ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]-MEŠ\m ma-a at-ta\p | |
| 9 | [x x x x x {lu₂v]}EN—URU-MEŠ\m {lu₂v]}EN—URU-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ta⸣-ka | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | i ⸢x me qa ši⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ma-a la ⸢x⸣ me [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-ta\p-na-aš₂-šu₂ ⸢URU⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-pal-la-[x x 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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