CT 53, 313 (P313728)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 313 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313728 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good hea[l]th [to the ki]ng, [my] lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [Concerning what the king], my lord, wr[o]te to [me: "...."] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [...] Merodach-[Baladan] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... the] Chalde[an] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [......] Nanî [...] |
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] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {1}x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI-mu⸣ [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 4 | [ša LUGAL] be-⸢li₂ iš-pur-a⸣-[ni] | |
| 5 | [ma-a x] ⸢ša₂⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x {1}{⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU—[A—AŠ] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}kal-da-[a.a] | |
| 2' | [x x x x {1}na\y-ni-⸢i⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-ri-ba [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] qa ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]-u-⸢ni⸣ [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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