CT 53, 976 (P314385)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 976 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314385 |
| Museum no. | BM 099055 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [t]o the king, my lord [......] |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | [...] I am not like that [... The king, my lord], wr[ote t]o his servant as follows: "He has [...] troops there; [do] no[t concea]l from me anything that you s[e]e (or) h[ear]" — have I conce[aled] [...] fr[om ......]? |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [As t]o [the ... about wh]ich the king, [my] lor[d, wrote to me]: "[......] house [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] one third [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... ki]ngs [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... the king], my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] the palace [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [(...) the ...]s which [...] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | [... has] bound [... i]n Kar-Mullis[si]; whether [they] say [...] [o]r do not say, what [...]? |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... the son]s of the king, my lord, [are] my sons [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...; ...]-šarru-uṣur [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... yo]ur [......] |
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' | [a]-⸢na LUGAL EN-ia₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] lu la maš-la-ku ⸢šu₂ ma x x x⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 3' | [a]-na\t ARAD-šu₂ ki-i an-ni-e i-⸢sa⸣-[ap-ra] | |
| 4' | ma-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃-bi us-⸢sar-x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a mar ta-⸢mar⸣-u-[ni] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | TA@v\m pa-ni-ia₂ ⸢la⸣ [tu-pa]-⸢zar TA@v⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | up-ta-⸢zi⸣-[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a [x x x] | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-[li₂ x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x] 03-su\t [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ni a-[x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x LUGAL] be-li₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] E₂.GAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣-te ša₂ i-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x a]-⸢na {uru⸣}kar—{d}NIN.⸢LIL₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [ir]-ta-kas šum₂-ma iq-ṭi₂-bi-[u₂ x x x] | |
| 5' | [šum₂]-⸢ma⸣ la iq-bi-u₂ mi-i-nu [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-MEŠ\m ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ DUMU-MEŠ\m-ia₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x {1}{d}x]—MAN—PAB ⸢iš⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣ [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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