CT 53, 318 (P313733)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 318 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313733 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king, my lord: yo]ur servant [NN]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Concerning [the ...] about which [I said] to [the king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | "[......] to the land A[...] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | "the [...... who] fro[m ......] |
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 | ina UGU [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia aq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 5 | mu-ku [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na {kur}⸢a⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | mu-ku {lu₂vy}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [ša] TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [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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