CT 53, 154 (P313569)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313569 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [......] my [lo]rd |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [...]... till you come. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44– | Perhaps there are, on the other side, sign-forms that he does not understand; I will explain to him all that I know. I shall go presently; [my brother] should know (this). |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Now then, let them [sel]ect a Babylonian writing-board; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | two with [...] intact, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | which [...... emb]lems |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] this |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] for him |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77– | [...... El]am |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 8r.e. 8 | [...... si]gn-forms |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 99–r.e. 99 | (r.e. 9) (Rest destroyed) |
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] ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-lu | |
| 3 | a-di be₂-et tal-la-kan-ni | |
| 4 | is—su-ri a-hu-lam-ma | |
| 5 | GU.SUM-MEŠ ša₂ la i-ha-kim-u-ni | |
| 6 | ⸢am⸣—mar u₂-du-ni | |
| 7 | u₂-sah-kam-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | an-nu-rig ana-ku al-lak | |
| 9 | [x x x] lu u₂-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | an-nu-⸢rig⸣ {[giš}LI].U₅.UM | |
| 2 | URI{ki}u₂-ti [li]-⸢bi⸣-ru | |
| 3 | 02 ša ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ šal-mu | |
| 4 | ša ⸢te⸣ [x x ŠU].NIR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢an-ni⸣-i | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x {kur}NIM].MA{ki} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [x x x x x GU].⸢SUM⸣-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [x x x x 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
- 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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