CT 53, 914 (P314323)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 914 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314323 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] from [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Later, the w[ork] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... o]f the forts [...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | We en[tered sa]fely, and are [encam]ped [...]. The guard [is strong]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [What orders] does [the king my l]ord, sen[d me]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] the wall of the camp [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...I] know that the king, [my] l[ord ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] on leather [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] the palace herald [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | the palace herald and we [...], |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... fi]nished [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] sa[y ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [The gu]ard of the c[amp is strong]; |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | the king, [my lord, can be glad]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] they ... [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [the Hubušk]ian from [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] servant of [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | the king, [my] lo[rd ......] |
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 x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-u-ni\d TA@v\m pa-ni\d [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ha-ram-me-ma ⸢dul⸣-[lu] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x ina ša₂]-li-in-ti\t ne₂-⸢ta⸣-[rab] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] šak-na-ni EN.NUN\m [dan-nat] | |
| 7' | [mi₃-i-nu ša LUGAL be]-li₂ i-šap-pa-[ra-an-ni] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] BAD₃\p ma-dak-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-da ki-i LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂ x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x] a-na ṣe-er maš-ki [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂vy}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂vy}600—E₂.GAL si-[x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x {lu₂vy]}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂vy]}600—E₂.GAL a-ni-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x ga]-⸢am-ri⸣ {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-qab-[x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x] ⸢EN⸣.NUN\m ša\dm ⸢ma⸣-[dak-te] | |
| 16' | [dan-na-at ŠA₃]-bu ša\dm LUGAL [EN-ia lu DUG₃.GA] | |
| 17' | [x x x x] LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x] šu-nu ta tab ab [x x x x] | |
| 19' | {[kur}hu-buš]-⸢ka⸣-a.a TA@v\m pa-an [x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ARAD ša\dm [x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x] LUGAL be-[li₂ x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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