DT 317 (P424577)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DT 317 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424577 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative 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 [1:6] 2'2'–6'6' | I am a [...] of your house. Your father appointed me in the service of the master of (harem) women, and I did (my) work. |
| Obverse [6:11] 7'7'– | Now then they have labeled me as undependable and have watered down my ability. |
| Reverse [0:11] r 1r 1–r 1111 | Šulmu-ereš the chariot driver, Adad-milki-ibni, the third man, (and) Adad-remanni the weaver, who fled from the presence of your father in order not to be killed, have instigated a fight between me and Sagab. They now [...] between me |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | they have chased me, saying: “You are [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] E₂-ka | |
| 3' | a-na-ku AD-ka | |
| 4' | ina IGI {lu₂}GAL—MI₂-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—MI₂-MEŠ | |
| 5' | ip-taq-da-an-ni | |
| 6' | dul-lu e-tap-aš₂ | |
| 7' | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 8' | u₂-sa-am-mu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 9' | A₂.2-MEŠ-ia A-MEŠ | |
| 10' | un-tal-li-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}DI-mu—APIN-eš {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 2 | {1}U.U—DU₃ {lu₂}03.U₅ | |
| 3 | {1}10—rem₂-a-ni {lu₂}UŠ.BAR | |
| 4 | ša TA@v\dm pa-ni du-a-ku | |
| 5 | TA@v\dm pa-ni AD-ka | |
| 6 | ih-liq-u-ni | |
| 7 | bir-tu-u₂-a | |
| 8 | bir-ti {1}sa-gab | |
| 9 | u₂-sa-an-hi-ṣu | |
| 10 | ⸢u₂-ma-a⸣ bir-tu-u-a | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | uk-ta-ši-du-u-ni ma-[a x x x x] | |
| 2 | at-⸢ta⸣ [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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