CT 53, 275 (P313690)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 275 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313690 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | May they have [mer]cy [on them]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [If the k]ing, my lord, ord[ers], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] the [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] the chief vic[tualler] |
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' | [re-e]-⸢mu⸣ liš-ka-⸢nu⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 2' | [šum-ma] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li i-⸢qab⸣-[bi] | |
| 3' | [x x x a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}EN—[x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—⸢da⸣-[ni-bat] {lu₂}GAL—⸢da⸣-[ni-bat] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | li-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ṭe₃-[e-mu x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}iz-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢an-x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x 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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