CT 53, 102 (P313517)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313517 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... w]e have run away |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [...... w]e shall send |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'–b.e. 6'b.e. 6' | [......] my [...]s |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 7'7'–b.e. 7'7' | [......] said to them |
| Bottom [2:6] b.e. 8'8'– | [The w]hole country has turned its face [towards the ki]ng, my lord, [saying]: "We are the king's [servant]s." |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [... abo]ut the fields of Lansî |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [......] are arguing |
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 x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 4' | [ma-a x x x] ⸢ni⸣-ih-tal-qa | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢ni⸣-šap-par | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ\m-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢iq-ṭi\d⸣-bu-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x KUR] ⸢gab⸣-bi-ša₂ pa-ni\d-ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ ta-ša₂-kan | |
| 2 | [ma-a ARAD-MEŠ]-⸢ni⸣ ša LUGAL a-ni\d-nu | |
| 3 | [x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ A.ŠA₃-MEŠ\m ša\dm {1}la-an-si-i | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-da\d-bu-bu | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-ni\d-ni\d | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ\m | |
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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