CT 53, 116 (P313531)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313531 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | I am [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | my people [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | leap year [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | they should intercalate [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | of the eclipse in the month Te[bet (X) ...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | On the 3rd of Elul (VI) [Bel is dressed]; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | on the 4th day [is] the [great Ga]te Opening. [The king, my lord], should know this. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | flesh [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | to animate [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Now t[hen......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | of 20 yea[rs ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | he took [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | anyone may [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] are placed before the gods [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...]... became afraid ...[...]. |
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-ku-u-⸢ni x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | UN-MEŠ-ia ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂-at-ti di-ri [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | li-dir-i-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša AN.MI ina {iti}⸢AB⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina {iti}KIN UD 03-⸢KAM₂⸣ [lu-bu-su ša {d}EN] | |
| 7' | UD 04-KAM₂ pe-te ⸢KA₂⸣ [GAL-u šu-tu MAN be-li₂] | |
| 8' | ⸢lu⸣-[u] ⸢u₂⸣-[di] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | zu-⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | UZU-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | na-ʾu-u₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u₂-ma-a ⸢an⸣-[nu-rig x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša 20 MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA-MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 7' | i-si-qi [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | me-me-ni lu [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ⸢pa⸣-an DINGIR-MEŠ iš-šak-ku-nu [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]-an-ni ip-ta-lah₃ ina ši-⸢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
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