CT 53, 252 (P313667)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313667 |
| 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' | they will enter [...] and he will go. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'– | I shall do the [wor]k for the right side and deliver it to you. |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 3'b.e. 3'– | (I swear) by the gods [o]f the king, my lord: |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | When I go to Kuluman, [I will ...] to the guard |
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 er⸣-ru\d-bu e-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 2' | [dul]-⸢lu⸣ ša\ym a-na\td ZAG e-pa-aš₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 3' | [a]-da\d-na\td-ka DINGIR-MEŠ\m-ni | |
| 4' | ⸢ša\y⸣ LUGAL EN-a šum₂\m-mu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-ki-i a-na\td {uru}ku-lu-man | |
| 2 | [al]-⸢lak⸣-u-ni a-na\td EN.NUN | |
| 3 | [x x]-⸢ri⸣ la ia-⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-nu | |
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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