CT 53, 193 (P313608)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 193 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313608 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1'1'– | [I will f]inis[h the ... i]n a favorable [...]. (As to) the ritual about which the king, my lord, [questio]ned him, I am expecting the king [a]t the ritual bath in the month Iyyar (II). We have s[tarted work o]n it. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [In] the house of the [...]-official is a [...] for the lap [of N]abû 2 cubits [long and x] cubits wide. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... a w]riting board [...] |
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 u₂]-⸢ga⸣-am-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢UGU⸣ da-mu-qi | |
| 3' | [x x x] dul-lu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 4' | [iš-ʾa]-⸢lu⸣-šu-ni ina {iti}GUD | |
| 5' | [a]-na ri-im-ki a-na IGI LUGAL | |
| 6' | ⸢a⸣-da-gal a-⸢hi-ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] UGU-hi nu-⸢ta⸣-[mi₃-di] | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢E₂⸣ ša {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x] ša bur-ki | |
| 4 | [ša {d]}PA 02 ina 01 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | [GID₂.DA x ina 01 KUŠ₃ DAGAL | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢le⸣-ʾu-u | |
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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