CT 53, 143 (P313558)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313558 |
| 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' | [...]... says [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] Sulay[a ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] soon [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... u]pon us [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...]... us and [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] the other Babylon [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] to the commanda[nt ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... the cr]own prince of Babylon [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] Ubaru [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] Mannu-ki-[......] |
| Obverse [10:14] o 11'11'– | (11') (Break) |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 14'14'– | [...... pe]rha[ps ......] |
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⸣ KUR ⸢i⸣-qab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] {1}su-la-a.[a x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢ba⸣-a-si e-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-i-ni qi-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-du-na-ši ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR{ki} ša₂-ni-⸢tu₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]-ba a-na {lu₂v}GAR—⸢UMUŠ⸣ {lu₂v}GAR—⸢UMUŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni {1}u₂-bar [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x {1}man-nu—ki—[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ik x⸣+[x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x] i [x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x i]—su-ur-[ri 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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