CT 53, 335 (P313750)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 335 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313750 |
| 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/saa05 · 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: your servant] Nashir-B[el. Good health] to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | The land of the king, my lord, [is well]; the forts [are well]; the king, my lord, [can be glad]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [The ...] have left |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... fr]om the country [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] "Come |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... to] greet |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | [...] from his presence |
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\t LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢NIGIN—EN⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu] a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na\t⸣ KUR ša\ydm LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | [DI-mu a-na\t] {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\t | |
| 6 | [ŠA₃-bu ša\ydm] LUGAL EN-ia₂ [lu DUG₃] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-ta-at-⸢ku⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢TA@v⸣ {kur}[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x ma]-a al-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x a-na] DI-me | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] TA@v\m IGI-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
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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