CT 53, 109 (P313524)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313524 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | I ap[point]ed two guards and two [...s] in their service. Concerning their bread I made it very clear that they are to bring the [...] down where [there are] shelters. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [Now] Marduk-remanni [..., say]ing: "The servants of the city [GN ...] our [wo]rk." |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [He we]nt off [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | 02 {lu₂v}ša₂—EN⸣.NUN-MEŠ 02 {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 2 | ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu ap-ti-[qid] | |
| 3 | ina UGU NINDA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu bir-[ti] | |
| 4 | IGI.2 um-ta-di-⸢id⸣ | |
| 5 | nu-uk be₂-et ṣi-la-⸢a⸣-[te] | |
| 6 | [i-ba-šu]-⸢ni x⸣-ru še-ri-⸢da⸣ | |
| 7 | [u₂-ma-a {1}{⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 8 | [x x] ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ {uru}[x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢dul⸣-li-i-ni [x x x] | |
| 10 | [it]-⸢ta⸣-at-lak [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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