CT 53, 179 (P313594)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313594 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant ...]aya. [Good health to] the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [When] the king's [...]s [came to] my [presence] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] the golden signet ring |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [... not y]et |
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 be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x-x-x]+⸢x⸣-a.a | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] LUGAL\d be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [ki-i x x]-ni LUGAL | |
| 5 | [ina pa-ne₂]-e-a | |
| 6 | [il-li-ku]-ni-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x]-ap-pi | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠU.GUR KUG\d.GI | |
| 9 | [x x x x]-u₂-tu | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢ud⸣-di-na | |
| 11 | [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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