CT 53, 340 (P313755)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 340 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313755 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | [But shou]ld you say: "Let [the king, my lord] give [my gods] back to me [......!]" (then) quickly [gather and send me] information (and) [I will] soon [gi]ve your gods back to you. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 7'7'– | [...] the city of Muṣa[ṣir]; stay there! The seiz[ing ...] of your gods [......] this [...] of mine [......]. Why [would] you not [...... |
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] ap-ta-[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-u-ni\d u₂\m-ṣa-[bit x x] | |
| 3' | [u₃ šum₂]-⸢mu⸣ ta-qa-bi ma-[a LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 4' | [DINGIR-MEŠ-ia lu]-sa-hi-ir li-di-⸢na⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ar₂⸣-hiš ba-ti\t-iq-[tu₂ hur-ṣu] | |
| 6' | [šup-ra] ba-si DINGIR-MEŠ\t-ni-ka [u₂-sa-har] | |
| 7' | [ad-da]-nak-ka {uru}mu-ṣa-[ṣir x x] | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi ši-i-bi ṣa-ba-[at x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\d DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-ka [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x]-ia ha-an-ni\d-i ⸢ša\d⸣ [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | [x x a]-⸢ta⸣-a la-a ⸢ta⸣-[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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