CT 53, 322 (P313737)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 322 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313737 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [... p]lundered their [...] which were in [...], and [hid] within the reed [thicket]. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | We attack[ed the]m together [and brou]ght them up |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......]ed them |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... o]f the [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] I have [...ed ... th]em |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... the king], my lord, [in] Ass[yr]ia |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......]s the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... se]nt me [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] I gathered |
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]-šu₂-nu ⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢šu⸣-nu ša\m ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢ih⸣-tab-tu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi {gi}⸢x-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x] ki-i a-ha-a-a-iš | |
| 5' | [ina UGU-šu₂]-nu ni-sa-kan | |
| 6' | [nu-se]-⸢li\d⸣-ia-aš₂-šu-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-⸢ra⸣-aš₂-šu-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-nu a-⸢x⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [x LUGAL] EN-⸢ia⸣ [ina] KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-MEŠ LUGAL be-li₂ [x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]-pur-a-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] ak-ta-an-sa [o] | |
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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