CT 53, 213 (P313628)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 213 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313628 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | has been sending [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | you cam[e ...] |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 9'b.e. 9'– | [Because] it has neither rained nor snowed [...], the[re is] no water in the river. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | Ever since I ca[me] (back) from the [king], my lord, and cros[sed] (the river), I have been at ease [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 3,000 door-bea[ms ......] |
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] ⸢aš a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢i-sa-ta-par⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ta⸣-ta-al-[ka x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢am x⸣ ra [x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣+[x]-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ud [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | a [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | la-a zi-⸢i⸣-[nu] | |
| 10' | la-a ku-up\m-⸢pu⸣ | |
| 11' | i-zi-nu-nu-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | A-MEŠ ina ID₂ la-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 2 | TA\d E₂ TA [IGI LUGAL] | |
| 3 | EN-ia al\t-[lik-u-ni] | |
| 4 | e-bi-ru-[u-ni o] | |
| 5 | ne₂\d-ha-ku ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | 03 lim {giš}⸢ŠU₂⸣.[A-MEŠ 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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