CT 53, 171 (P313586)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313586 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | Now the land of the king, [my] l[ord], has recovered. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Opposite me [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [c]louds in [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'–b.e. 8'b.e. 8' | [o]f [NN ...] |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | [... the t]own D[a......]. I shall write to the king, [my] lor[d], as soon as he has returned. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Concerning the elep[hant] skin [about which I wrote] to the king, my lord, [...] |
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] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | u₂-⸢ma⸣-a KUR ša\y LUGAL\t ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia₂] | |
| 3' | tab-ta-la-aṭ | |
| 4' | ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 5' | a—dan\d-niš lu-u DUG₃.GA [o] | |
| 6' | ina pu-tu-u-a a-[x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢IM⸣.DIRI ina mu-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | ⸢ša⸣ {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] {⸢uru}da⸣-[x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢i⸣-su-uh-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 7 | a-šap-pa-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 8 | ina UGU-⸢hi⸣ {kuš}AM.[SI {kuš}AM.[SI ša] | |
| 9 | a-na LUGAL\t be-[li₂-ia] | |
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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