CT 53, 086 (P313501)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313501 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...], saying: "[...] these [me]n [...]." |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | [Now t]hen [I a]m writing to the kin[g, my lord]; what [is it that the king, my lord], commands reg[arding] these [...]? |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | I am [n]ow se[nding] the let[ter t]o the Palace. The terr[ible word]s [f]rom the lett[er of] Il-pada the [...ean] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... O]pis [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... of I[l-pada] |
| Reverse [4:10] r 5'5'–r 10'10' | [wou]nde[d ...] |
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' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ERIM]-MEŠ\t an-nu-tu\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [an]-nu-rig a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4' | [a]-⸢sap⸣-ra i-na [x x x] | |
| 5' | [an]-nu-tu\d mi-i-ni\d [ša LUGAL] | |
| 6' | [be-li₂] i-qa-bu-u-[ni] | |
| 7' | ⸢an⸣-nu-rig e-⸢gir₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢na⸣ E₂\ym.GAL u₂-⸢se⸣-[bi-la] | |
| 9' | [dib]-⸢bi⸣ šu-nu sa-an-⸢hu⸣-[ti] | |
| 10' | ⸢TA⸣ ŠA₃-bi e-gir₂-[ti] | |
| 11' | [ša {1}DINGIR—pa-da {kur}⸢x⸣+[x-x-a.a] | |
| 12' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] tu₂ a [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x {uru}u₂]-pi-i [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]-hu ša\dm {1}⸢DINGIR⸣—[pa-da] | |
| 5' | [u₂-ta]-ah-hi-⸢iṣ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-ni ina ŠA₃ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-he-e-a [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x]-du a-⸢du⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x 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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