CT 53, 931 (P314340)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 931 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314340 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... Za]zaya [......] |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | will lead [...], they will bend down to me, [lest] they will die. Do not g[o] there, [...] don’t forget [my ...], may [it] be placed [upon] your hearts! |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [Now] quickly send me five servants of the king who are in El[am]: [NN], Atta-kudurru, Umman-[šibar, NN] (and) [B]urka! [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [What] else? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] You [sho]uld have wri[tten .....] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... should have] entered [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Quickly sen]d them to me! What else? |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Don’t be neg]ligent in thi[s] matter! |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | If y]ou love me and your heart [is totally devoted] to me, send these people [quickl]y to me! If [y]ou send them to me qui[ckly], the king will lo[ve you]. |
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 {1}za]-⸢za⸣-a.⸢a⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢i⸣-rad-di i-la-⸢du-ni⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [la i]-mut-tu ina UGU-hi la-a ⸢tal⸣-[la-ka] | |
| 4' | [x x] la ta-maš-ša₂-a-ni | |
| 5' | [ina UGU] ŠA₃-bi-ku-⸢nu⸣ lu šak-na-[at] | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ 05 ARAD-MEŠ ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL ša₂ ina {kur}⸢NIM⸣.[MA{ki]} | |
| 7' | {1}x x x] {1}at-ta-ku-⸢dur₂⸣-ru {1}um-man-[x {1}x x] | |
| 8' | {1}bu]-ur-ka ar₂-hiš še-bi-la | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x mi-nu] ⸢ah—hur⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x lu]-⸢u₂⸣ taš-⸢pu⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] e-ru-ub ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [ar₂-hiš še]-⸢bil⸣-aš₂-šu₂-nu mi-nu ah—hur | |
| 4' | [la ta]-⸢ši⸣-aṭ ina ŠA₃ a-bi-te an-ni-[te] | |
| 5' | [šum-ma] ⸢ta⸣-ra-ʾa-ma-a-ni u ŠA₃-ba-⸢ku-nu⸣ | |
| 6' | [gam-mur-u]-⸢ni⸣ is-si-ia UN-MEŠ an-nu-[ti] | |
| 7' | [ar₂]-⸢hiš⸣ še-bil-a-ni šum-ma ar₂-[hiš] | |
| 8' | ⸢tu⸣-še-⸢bal-a⸣-ni LUGAL i-ra-a-[am-ku-nu] | |
| 9' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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