CT 53, 119 (P313534)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313534 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant Mardu]k-šakin-šumi. [Good health to the king], my lord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless the king], my lord! |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'– | [... should] be performed. [Let] the king [spea]k with his servant [...], and [let me in]struct the king, my [lord]. |
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}{d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣—GAR—MU | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 4 | {[d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL] EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | [lik-ru-bu x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]-gu | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-a-bi | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢lu⸣ e-pi-iš | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL TA@v ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [lid-bu]-⸢ub⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 6 | [a-na] LUGAL | |
| 7 | [be-li₂]-ia | |
| 8 | [lu-sah]-⸢ki⸣-im | |
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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