CT 53, 191 (P313606)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313606 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'– | [......] their [...] I placed [upon] him and observed [his flesh]. I did not see [any improvement; the ...]s [are nu]merous. |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 7'7'– | [An o]ld man does not know [the wor]k (properly). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | thes[e ...]s |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Nergal [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] until n[ow] |
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]-⸢šu₂-nu x x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [ina UGU]-šu₂ as-sa-kan | |
| 3' | [UZU-MEŠ-šu₂] at-ta-ṣar | |
| 4' | [DI-mu] la a-mur | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [x x] ⸢x⸣-su-ma-a-ni | |
| 6' | [ma]-⸢aʾ⸣-du | |
| 7' | {⸢lu₂}par⸣-šu-mu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [dul]-⸢lu⸣ la u₂-da | |
| 2 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ma šu li ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x]-a-ti ha-an-[na-ti] | |
| 4 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {d}MAŠ.MAŠ [x x] | |
| 5 | [x x] a-du-na-⸢kan⸣-[ni] | |
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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