CT 53, 918 (P314327)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 918 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314327 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | We did not disclo[se ......]. |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | He is bringing all the [...] of the country [......], saying: "[Let us grasp] the feet of the k[ing of ...]; otherwise, [we should ...] t[o ......] 200 soldiers." |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [He has ...] to the king, [my] lord, [...]: "You [......]." |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | What(ever) he tells us [...]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | On the 2nd day [... fr]om m[y] presence [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [they w]ent [away ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | pla[ced ...] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | [I wrote to] Saniye: "What order did he g[ive him? I must write] to the king, m[y] lord." |
| Reverse [5:8] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | He (responded): "Urzana [has left] the to[wn ...]; if the pal[ace] herald, [my lord, orders], a messenger [......] |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | [Now th]en I am sending [t]o the king, my lord, the messenger of mine who [......]; the kin[g, my lord, may a]sk him. |
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' | ⸢la ni-ip-ti\t⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\ydm KUR gab-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-bal ma [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša\ydm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma u₂-la-a a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ma {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ 02 me ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | UGU LUGAL be-li₂-[ia x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma at-ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša\ydm i-qa\d-ba\y-na\t-[ši-ni x x x x] | |
| 10' | UD 02-⸢KAM₂ TA⸣ pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [it]-⸢ta⸣-ta-[ku x x x x x] | |
| 2' | iš-ku-[x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na\t {1}sa-ni-ie [a-sa-par nu-uk] | |
| 5' | mi₃-nu ṭe₃-mu ⸢iš⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | UGU LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a {1}ur-za-ni {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma šum₂\m-ma {lu₂v}NIGIR₂—⸢E₂⸣.[GAL {lu₂v}NIGIR₂—⸢E₂⸣.[GAL x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x {lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—šip-ri {lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—šip-ri [x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [u₂-ma-a an-nu]-rig {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia ša\ydm [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-sa-par-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 3 | [liš]-al-šu₂ | |
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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