CT 53, 295 (P313710)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 295 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313710 |
| 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 [1:12] o 2'2'– | the lo[ne ...] whom the king, [my lord], sen[t], I re[viewed] the people, provi[sioned them], and gave [them] one o[f] the vill[ages] of the city Ta[...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | 14 o[f them] have ru[n away]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Perhaps they will com[e ...] |
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' | ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | e-du-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša LUGAL\d [x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂\m-še-bi\d-[lu-u-ni] | |
| 5' | UN-MEŠ\t a-⸢ta⸣-[šar (x)] | |
| 6' | u₂-sa-ṣa-[bi-ti] | |
| 7' | TA@v\m ŠA₃ {⸢uru⸣}[ŠE-MEŠ] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | ša {uru}ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01-en URU ⸢TA@v\m⸣ [ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 2 | a-ta-na-[aš₂-šu₂-nu] | |
| 3 | 14 TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bi-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4 | ih-⸢tal⸣-[qu] | |
| 5 | i—su-⸢ri⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | il-lak-[u-ni x x] | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}[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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