CT 53, 337 (P313752)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 337 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313752 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the k[ing, my lord]: your [servant NN]. May Nabû and Ma[rduk] bl[ess the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] in the burial chamber |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Nabû-duru-uṣur, the [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | who with me [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | contents [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | the king's family [......]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Perhaps [......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | they appoint[ed ......] |
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 | {⸢d⸣}AG {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na LUGAL] | |
| 4 | ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia lik-⸢ru⸣-[bu x x x] | |
| 5 | ina E₂—KI.MAH E₂—KI.MAH ⸢ep⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB EN [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša is-si-ia [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-mar ŠA₃-bi [x x x x] | |
| 9 | E₂ ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina sur-ri [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ip-taq-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {1}{⸢d}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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