CT 53, 166 (P313581)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313581 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | the peopl[e ...] from there to the t[own ...] below Lubd[a]. The king, my lord knows that I am spending the night [there]. I have made peace and imposed [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | goes [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | fills [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | does not [...] |
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' | {lu₂v}UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi a-na {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina KI.TA\p {uru}lu-⸢ub⸣-[da x x] | |
| 4' | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da\d [x x] | |
| 5' | be₂-da-ku a-si-⸢lim⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x]-bi u₂-ta-me-da | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-lak ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-ma-li\d [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | la ⸢u₂-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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