CT 53, 239 (P313654)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 239 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313654 |
| 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' | [...] the king [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [promo]ted the ki[ng ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] our work [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "Limestone and [...] st[one] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | has been provided; the deputy [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | ... The master builder[(s) ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the[ir] work [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] does" [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | I sent [...] before him [...] |
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] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [u₂-se]-li-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] dul\m-li-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ma⸣-a {na₄}pu\m-u-lu {⸢na₄⸣}[x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢qa⸣-ru-bu {lu₂v}02-⸢u₂⸣ [x] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢ka⸣ al si\d {⸢lu₂v⸣}TIN\d-[MEŠ x] | |
| 7' | [x x]-ka dul-la-šu₂-[nu x x] | |
| 8' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ e\d-pa-aš₂ {lu₂v}[x x] | |
| 9' | [ina IGI]-šu₂ a-sap-ra e-[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢ru x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ A.ŠA₃ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢ka⸣ ti\t [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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