CT 53, 316 (P313731)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 316 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313731 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] are strong. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... which he/they will s]urround |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... in the p]ossession of the palace |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... in] the possession of the priest |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [......] the cooks |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] the [...]s |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...pl]us the storehouse |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [... t]he priest |
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] dan-⸢na⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-da | |
| 3' | [x x x x i]-⸢lab⸣-bu-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-sa-a-te | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ta | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 ša E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ŠU.2 ša {lu₂v}SANGA | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}MU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x a]-di E₂—ŠU.2 E₂—ŠU.2 | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}SANGA | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
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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