CT 53, 309 (P313724)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 309 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313724 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king, my] lo[rd: yo]ur [servant PN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord! May Nabû] and M[arduk ble]ss [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | The [... of the kin]g, m[y] lord, [is well]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] no[w ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] there [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Now t]hen [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] has been buil[t ...] |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | We [...] closed [...] |
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 | [a-na LUGAL] be-[li₂-ia (o)] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | {[d}PA] ⸢u₃⸣ {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | [lik]-⸢ru⸣-bu a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢il x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] u₂-⸢ma⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢an⸣-nu-rig a-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]-a ra-ṣi-⸢ib⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] pa-hi-u₂ ni-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-ri-e ⸢ku⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-ni u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x 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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