CT 53, 906 (P314315)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 906 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314315 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [They ham]mered the [...] thin and re-[did it]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the wing of [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [which ...] they raised |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] they removed again |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] saying: "The old one wasn't fastened." |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] They hammered the gold thin and re-did it. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... under my arms [...] |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'– | [They ...ed the image] of the king inside the loop of Nikkal, as well as the gold cast. |
| Reverse [0:12] r 1r 1–r 1212 | [He says] that they have now m[ade it] of lead and mounted it with [go]ld. They have [set] aside the old [rit]es of Nikkal and instituted new ones. [He says] the arm of Tambaya is [...]. I tore off the gold [...] from them. [The ...]s removed Tambaya's hands and made new ones. They [rem]oved the [...]s inside the front part of the pedestal of Šamaš [and the ...] inside [...]. |
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 x] u₂ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x ur-ta]-ki-qu ⸢e⸣-[tap-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ gap-pi ša ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-bi us-se-lu-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] us-sah-hi-ru u₂-tal-li-u | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ma-a pa-ni-u ⸢la ka⸣-ṣir | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢KUG.GI⸣ [ur]-ta-ki-qu e-tap-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [x x x]-u-ni KI.TA ⸢A₂.2-ia ⸢x x-pi⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL ša₂ ŠA₃ kip-pi-ti ⸢ša {d}NIN⸣.GAL | |
| 10' | [x x]-ni u šip-ku ša KUG.⸢GI⸣ [x x]-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-a u₂-ma-a ša A.BAR₂ e-[tap-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [KUG].GI u₂-tah-hi-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 3 | [par]-⸢ṣi⸣ ša₂ {d}NIN.GAL pa-ni-[u]-ti | |
| 4 | [u₂]-⸢tal⸣-li-u eš-šu₂-⸢ti⸣ e-tap-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x] A₂.2 ša₂ {d}ta-⸢am-ba-a-a x⸣ ri ⸢x⸣ ir | |
| 6 | ⸢TA⸣ an-na-ka KUG.GI ⸢x⸣ [x]-⸢ti⸣ a-ta-sah | |
| 7 | ⸢rit⸣-ta-a-ti ša₂ {d}ta-⸢am⸣-ba-a-a | |
| 8 | [x x] u₂-tal-li-u eš-ša₂-a-ti e-tap-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [x x]-MEŠ ša ŠA₃-bi GABA ša₂ ki-gal-lu ša₂ {d}UTU | |
| 10 | [x x x] ŠA₃ [x x x u₂-tal]-li-u | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-as-si | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x an⸣ [x] | |
Sources & licences
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