CT 53, 297 (P313712)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313712 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | [May DN and DN speak] favorably of [the king, my lord! May they grant to the king], my lord, long days, [everlasting years], and prolongation of reign! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | eyes ...[......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I keep hear[ing ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I am alive [......] |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | Concerning the [...] horse[s] about which I wrote to the king, [my] l[ord ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | of Assyria ...[......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | yoke [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | from the town of [......] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | ša [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na da-mi₃-iq-ti [li-iq-bi-u] | |
| 4' | UD-MEŠ ar-ku-u₂-[ti MU.AN.NA-MEŠ da-ra-ti] | |
| 5' | lu-ub-bur pa-le-⸢e⸣ [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 6' | be-li₂-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | IGI.2-MEŠ i-[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | as-sa-⸢nam⸣-[me x x x x x] | |
| 3' | bal-ṭa-ku [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU {anše}KUR.RA-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia o] | |
| 6' | aš₂-pur-an-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša KUR—aš-šur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ni-i-ru [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša {uru}[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣+[x 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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