CT 53, 968 (P314377)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 968 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314377 |
| 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' | [... who] s[inned] against my goodness |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] goodness. But y[ou ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] have not d[one a favour for] you [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | a favour for you [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | From th[is] day on [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and you will see [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | I rejoi[ce]d [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | seed [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | in his presence [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | do not [fear ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I[f ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | not [......] |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'–o 15'15' | and [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [sa]ying: "re[port ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [w]hom they assign[ed ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | and Elam [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | came to p[ass] by my hands [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | mutually [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | understand! No[w ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] mutually establis[hed] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... before] God not [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | by the hands of the lady [...]. Now, if you do not beli[eve] thes[e] words, |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | let their messenger c[o]m[e ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | let him station [him] in his presence [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | the matter where ... [...] As for you, |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | un[dersta]nd that [......] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] to Ela[m ...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | These [messengers ...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [whom] I have detai[ned in] my [presence] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | [... are p]laced [...] |
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] ⸢ša₂⸣ ina MUN-ia₂ ⸢ih⸣-[ṭu-u-ni] | |
| 2' | [x x la] ⸢aq⸣-bi u at-[tu-nu x x] | |
| 3' | [MUN]-⸢ku⸣-nu la e-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ṭa-ab-ta⸣-ku-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | TA@v\dm ŠA₃ UD-me an-[ni-i x x x x] | |
| 6' | u ta-ma-ra [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢ah⸣-tu-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | NUMUN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ina IGI-⸢ku⸣-[nu x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | la ⸢ta⸣-[pal-la-ha x x x x] | |
| 11' | šum-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | u [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ina [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20' | a-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša₂⸣ u₂-si-ku-[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | u {kur}NIM.MA{ki} [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina ŠU.2-ia₂ taš-⸢lim⸣-[u-ni x x x x] | |
| 5 | ina IGI a-he-iš [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | hi-ik-ma u₂-⸢ma⸣-[a x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 7 | ik-[x x x x x x]-a-ri ina IGI a-⸢he⸣-[iš] | |
| 8 | iš-⸢kun⸣-[x x x x x] DINGIR la [x x] | |
| 9 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂ la [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ma-⸢a šum-ma⸣ | |
| 10 | dib-bi an-nu-⸢tu₂ la⸣ ta-qi₂-[pa] ⸢LU₂⸣ [tak]-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 11 | {lu₂}A—KIN-šu-nu {lu₂}A—KIN-šu-nu ⸢lil⸣-li-[ka x x]-i | |
| 12 | ina IGI-šu₂ lu-ša₂-zi-iz [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-bu-⸢tu₂ be₂⸣-et har-ša₂-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] ⸢at⸣-tu-nu | |
| 14 | hi-[ik]-⸢ma⸣ ki-i rik-[x x x x x]-ni | |
| 15 | [x x x x] ša₂ a-na {kur}NIM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 16 | {[lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ] {[lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ] ha-an-nu-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [ša ina pa-ni]-ia ak-⸢lu⸣-[u-ni x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x] ⸢šak⸣-nu ma-[x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [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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