CT 53, 348 (P313762)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 348 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313762 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] why to [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the official |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] with Nabû-šumu-uṣur |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] went to Nineveh |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] of their [work as]signment |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [......] who [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [At this very mo]ment seven per[sons] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [......] from [......] |
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]+⸢x lu⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x a]-na mi₃-ni a-na ⸢na⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-lik {lu₂v}EN—pi-qi-[te] {lu₂v}EN—pi-qi-[te] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ {1}{d}PA—MU—PAB\d | |
| 5' | [x x x ina {uru]}ni-nu-a it-tal-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x pi]-il\p-⸢ki⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ man-nu ⸢ša₂ x⸣+[x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] {1}{d}[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [u₂-ma-a an-nu]-⸢rig\t⸣ 07 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] 02 ⸢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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