CT 53, 272 (P313687)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 272 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313687 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] re[quested a fi]eld [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [He did not g]ive him [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... ab]out Zik[irtu], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [gav]e him [...] and sen[t him to me]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] m[y] messenger [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | I asked h[im about the Urarṭ]ian, and he informed me [as follows]: |
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 x] li ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x A].ŠA₃ e-[te-riš] | |
| 4' | [x x x la i]-⸢di⸣-na-aš₂-šu | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢UGU⸣ {kur}zi-⸢gir₂⸣-[te] | |
| 6' | [x x i-ta]-⸢na⸣-aš₂-šu i-sa-pa-[ra-šu] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] {lu₂v}A—KIN\t-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂v}A—KIN\t-⸢ia⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [ina UGU {kur}URI]-a.a a-sa-al-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 9' | [ki-i an-ni-e] ⸢iq⸣-ṭi₂-bi-a ma-a ⸢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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