CT 53, 206 (P313621)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313621 |
| 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 [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [... entered the city of] Akkad and ascended (the throne). |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | I [...] in the city of Akkad; the foundation stone has been complet[ely] bui[lt in ...]; they are p[roducing] the bricks. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | I have given the ord[ers and they are doing (the work)]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If [my] lo[rd commands, ... in] the palace |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [the substitute k]ing [...] |
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⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ina ⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [ina {uru]}URI [e-ta-rab] | |
| 4' | ⸢i-tu⸣-ši-bi [o] | |
| 5' | ina {uru}URI a-⸢ga⸣-[x] | |
| 6' | pu-lu ra-a-[ṣip] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ga-a-⸢mir⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | SIG₄ u₂-[qar-ru-bu] | |
| 3 | ṭe₃-mu a-sa-[kan e-pu-šu₂] | |
| 4 | šum-mu be-[li₂ i-qab-bi] | |
| 5 | [ina] E₂.GAL [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [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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