CT 53, 064 (P313479)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313479 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-belu-taqqin. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | News of Merodach-Baladan: he is [in N]ippur. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | News of Bit-Dakkuri: he is staying [in ...], and they are [kee]ping watch over him. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [...] Chal[deans ......] |
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\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—U—LAL-in | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ṭe₃-mu ša\d {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—SUM-na | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢EN⸣.LIL₂{ki} šu₂-u₂\m ṭe₃-mu ša\d ⸢E₂⸣—{1}⸢da⸣-kur | |
| 6 | [ina x x]+⸢x⸣ kam-mu-su\t EN.NUN-šu | |
| 7 | [i-na]-⸢ṣu-ru⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}kal-[da-a.a] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma [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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