CT 53, 351 (P313765)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 351 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313765 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... sayi]ng: "One [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... ] If [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | your [...], which [...] upon you |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Did he not gather [...]? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [... say]ing: "It is not Bel |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 9'9'– | [...] Be loyal! |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] your brothers |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] here do not know |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [that] you keep sending [letters to the so]n of Marduka |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Now you |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] I have sounded |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......]. And [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [... the o]ffen[der(s) ...] |
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 x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-nu i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x ma]-a 01-en [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢šum₂⸣-ma u₂-[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-ka ša ina UGU-hi-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a-su la ik-ri-ka-a | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a la {d}EN šu₂-u | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | [x x x x]-i-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x] lu ke-na-a-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ka | |
| 2 | [x x x x] an-na-ka la u₂-du-u | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}{d}ŠU₂-a ta-sa-nap-par-u-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-⸢te⸣ u₂-ma-a at-ta | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-bu-tu uh-tal-lil | |
| 6 | [x x x x]-ra-ar u₃ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢EN⸣—hi-⸢iṭ⸣-[ṭi ⸢EN⸣—hi-⸢iṭ⸣-[ṭi x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ hi [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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