CT 53, 280 (P313695)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 280 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313695 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | 2,000 [door-beams ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | 500 roof-b[eams ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | former [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | bri[ng ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | as soon as [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | have co[me ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [of] the ki[ng ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | should req[uest ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The king, my lord, [wrote to me]: |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | "[...] the [logs] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | quick[ly ...]" — |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the water [in the river] |
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' | 02 lim {⸢giš⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 05 me {giš}⸢UR₃\d⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 3' | pa-ni-um-[ma x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂-qa-ra-[bu-ni x x x] | |
| 5' | ki-ma ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | i-⸢tal⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | le-⸢riš⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-a {giš}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ar-hi-⸢iš⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | A-MEŠ [ina ID₂ 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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