CT 53, 932 (P314341)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 932 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314341 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] was frightened |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] are bringing to him |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... which] frighten ... |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The 'farmer' should not be afraid [of it]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... from] his heart |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] on the 10th day |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...... we] placed |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...... strange |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] them |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | [......] there is |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] do not anoint |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | (r 2) (Break) |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | I heard [......] and am (herewith) sending [...... to the 'farmer,'] my [lord]. |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-nu-u-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x]-u₂-⸢ti⸣-ia ⸢TA@v x x x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-a ig-du-[ru]-⸢ur⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x]-tu i-na-aš₂-⸢šu-niš-šu₂⸣-ni | |
| 6' | [x x x i]-⸢ga⸣-la-da-ni ⸢IL₂⸣-ma | |
| 7' | [x x x {lu₂]}ENGAR lu la i-pal-lah₃ | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-šu₂ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] pa-ni-⸢ni UD 10-KAM₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] is-⸢sak⸣-na | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x] a-hi-⸢i⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-ru-šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu i-⸢ba-aš₂⸣-ši | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | [x x x x x x]-bi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] NU ŠEŠ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-na-ši-te | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x]-ah | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢lah₃⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]-me | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-se-me | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 8 | [a-na {lu₂}ENGAR EN]-⸢ia as-sap⸣-ra | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ u | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pu-tu₂-hu | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x]-bi ITI | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]-mi-šu | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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