CT 53, 220 (P313635)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313635 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | "We shall do [...]. |
| Obverse [1:13] o 2'2'– | "Let [him] do it; we will go and raise our tribute. If our tribute were not at hand tomorrow, would he not argue with you, saying: '[I shall ...] to the Palace.'" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I [...] |
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' | ⸢ma⸣-a [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ne₂-ep-⸢pa⸣-[aš₂ šu-tu-ma] | |
| 3' | le-pu-šu₂ ma a-⸢ni⸣-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | ⸢ni⸣-il-lik re-eš | |
| 5' | ma-da\d-ti\t-ni ni-iš-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a i—ši-a-ri i—ši-a-ri | |
| 2 | ki-i ma-da\d-ti-ni | |
| 3 | la qur-ba-tu-ni | |
| 4 | ma-a la i-si-ka-a | |
| 5 | i-da-ab-bu\p-⸢ub⸣ | |
| 6 | ma a-na\t E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | a-na\t-ku [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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