CT 53, 071 (P313486)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313486 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the k]ing, [my] lo[rd: your servant] Nergal-[...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Good] health to the king, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [Th]e chariots [are in] my charge in Arzuhina. Those which [...] |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | (6) (Break) |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | runaway[s ......] |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | of A[rzuhina ...] |
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⸣ be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka] {1}{d}U.GUR—[x x] | |
| 3 | [lu] DI-mu a-na\d LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {⸢giš⸣}GIGIR-MEŠ\m ina {uru}ar-⸢zu⸣-[hi-na] | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.2-ia ša\d ⸢i⸣-[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ZAH₂-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {uru}⸢ar⸣-[zu-hi-na x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢i⸣-[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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