CT 53, 162 (P313577)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 162 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313577 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû (and) Mard[uk bless the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'– | nob[ody ......] is [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 55–r.e. 55 | They have fle[d ......] |
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⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}[x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}⸢MES⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | me-⸢me⸣-[ni x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 4 | la-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | hal-⸢qu⸣ [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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