CT 53, 228 (P313643)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313643 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] Let [the king], my lord, as[k] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... on] this [si]de |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Let the kin[g], my [l]ord, wri[te] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'–b.e. 6'b.e. 6' | [...... the] fort |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 8'8'–b.e. 8'8' | [......] around the city |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 9'9'– | [......] opened |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] which are/were full of dust |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] the waters were blocked |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] I shall inspect the fort |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] their [...] seize[d] my mayor |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... c]avalryman |
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] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x LUGAL] be-li₂ liš\d-⸢al⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x ina bat]-te an-ni-te [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂ liš\d-⸢ṭur⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | [x x x x x x {uru]}bir-tu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-⸢la⸣-a-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢bat⸣-ti\t-bat-ti\t ša\ydm URU | |
| 9' | [x x x x] u₂-pa-ti\t | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]-⸢bi⸣ ša₂ ep-ri\d mal-ʾu-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x] me A-MEŠ i-sa\d-ak-⸢ku⸣-u-ni | |
| 3 | [x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}bir-tu am\y-mar | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-šu₂-nu ha-za-ni iṣ-ṣa-⸢bat⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x {lu₂v]}⸢ša₂⸣—BAD-HAL-⸢lum⸣ | |
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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