CT 53, 048 (P313463)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313463 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | I have performed [the ritual up]on the clothes of the pe[ople, as the king] instruc[ted me]. Now, [should] the others still be brought out and shall I perform (the ritual) upon them? |
| Obverse [7:13] o 8'8'– | Or shall I perform it only upon these? Let the king, my lord, decide what [to d]o and write me. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | And concerning those jewels [o]f the (divine) chariot, if they have been brought, they should either be given to me or [......] |
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' | u₂-sah-ki-[mu-u-ni] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ku-zip-pi ša ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢e⸣-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 4' | [u₂]-ma-a i-ba-aš₂-ši-i | |
| 5' | [ša₂]-⸢ni⸣-u₂-ti | |
| 6' | [lu]-⸢še⸣-ṣu-ne₂-e | |
| 7' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi ep-pa-a-ša₂ | |
| 8' | [u₂]-⸢la⸣-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ an-nu-tim-ma | |
| 2 | [ep]-⸢pa⸣-aš₂ mi-i-nu | |
| 3 | [ši]-⸢ti⸣-ni LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢lip⸣-ru-us liš-pu-ra | |
| 5 | u₃ ina UGU NA₄-MEŠ am-mu-ti | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ {giš}GIGIR šum-mu na-ṣu-ni | |
| 7 | lu-u id-du-nu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8 | lu-u u₂-[x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢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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