CT 53, 090 (P313505)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313505 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Adad and Buru bless [the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [5:17] o 66– | On the 10th Dadâ [bro]ught me a sealed order of the king [my lo]rd concerning the news of [...... Ad]ad-ir[i ...... |
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}x x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu\m-u DI\d-mu a-[na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | {d}IM {d}AMAR ⸢a⸣-na [LUGAL] | |
| 5 | be-li₂-ia₂ lik-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| 6 | un-qu ⸢ša\dm⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia₂] | |
| 7 | ina UGU ṭe₃-[me] ša\dm {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}da-da-a UD 10-[KAM₂] | |
| 9 | [it-tu]-⸢bi⸣-la ⸢bi⸣-[x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x {1}{d]}⸢IM⸣—i-⸢ri⸣-[ba x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ba ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-u₂\m i-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] man su [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]-šu₂\d-nu [x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] bu\t [o] | |
| 16 | [x 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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