CT 53, 958 (P314367)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 958 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314367 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Until ...] se[nds ..., the king, my lord], may rely on it. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | Give [orders to] your magnates and station their [...]! The king, my lord, should not advance [to the b]attle. [Just a]s your royal fathers have done, st[ay] on the hill, and [let] your [ma]gnates [do] the bat[tle]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [The king], my lord [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... o]f [his] servant [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-⸢šap⸣-[par-u-ni] | |
| 2 | [LUGAL be-li] ina UGU-hi lu ra-hi-[iṣ] | |
| 3 | [ṭe₃-mu a-na] {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ-ka šu-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x-šu₂]-nu ša₂-zi-iz LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5 | [a-na] ⸢qa⸣-ra-bi lu la i-qar-ri-ib | |
| 6 | [ki-i] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ-ni AD-MEŠ-ka e-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
| 7 | [at]-⸢ta⸣ ina UGU mu-le-e i-⸢ti⸣-[iz] | |
| 8 | {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ-ka qa-⸢ra⸣-[bu lu-pi-šu] | |
| 9 | [LUGAL] be-li [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x] ⸢ša ARAD⸣-[šu₂ x x x x x] | |
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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