CT 53, 353 (P313767)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 353 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313767 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [May DNN bless the crow]n [prince, my] lord, [...] very greatly. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [May they ...] you what[ever it be]. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'–o 9'9' | May I see your [beautiful] face, and [may] I (then) [c]ome [b]ack [to] my work. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] my [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... of the crown prince], my lord |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... of] the crown prince, my lord |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] he saw |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | [... i]n like manner |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x DUMU]—⸢MAN DUMU]—⸢MAN EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 3' | [lik-ru-bu] mi₃-i-nu | |
| 4' | [ša ši-ti]-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x]-ka pa-ni-ka | |
| 6' | [SIG₅]-MEŠ la-mur | |
| 7' | [la]-as-hu-ra | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ dul-li-ia | |
| 9' | [la]-⸢al⸣-li-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-ia | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-ni | |
| 3' | [x x DUMU—MAN] DUMU—MAN] EN-ia | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-ti | |
| 5' | [x x x x] DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN EN-ia | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x] e-ta-mar | |
| 8' | [x x x ki]-i ha-nim-ma | |
| 9' | [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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