CT 53, 134 (P313549)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313549 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1– | [PN, a ...] between the mountains, [PN], a scarf weaver, (and) Haya, [a ... have come to me wi]th their stored grain, [clai]ming that Se'-rahî, [... of] the Egyptians, has [so]ld their [...] to the Egyptians. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [Now] then they are bringing good [...] and are standing in the [presence] of my [lo]rd. Let [my lord] settle their case! |
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] ina bir-ti KUR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 2 | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}UŠ.BAR—ṣip-rat {⸢lu₂v⸣}UŠ.BAR—ṣip-rat {1}ha-a.a | |
| 3 | [x x x] ku ⸢TA⸣ {še}tab-ki-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | [it-tal-ku-u-ni] ⸢ma⸣-a {1}se-eʾ—ra-hi-i | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] {lu₂v}mu-ṣur-a.a | |
| 6 | [x x x x]-⸢ri⸣-šu₂-nu a-na {lu₂v}mu-ṣur-a.a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | [it]-⸢ti⸣-din | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [u₂-ma-a] an-nu-rig | |
| 2 | [x x] SIG₅ na-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 3 | [ina IGI] ⸢EN⸣-ia i-za-zu | |
| 4 | [be-li₂] de-en-šu₂-nu le-pu-uš | |
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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