CT 53, 355 (P313769)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 355 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313769 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | have not brou[ght ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Raši-Marduk [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [the] herald of the [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | and a lett[er .......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [x j]ugs of wine [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [the] herald of [NN ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | and a lett[er ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | two jugs of wi[ne ......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | to Ahhe[šaya ......] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | brough[t ......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | lu [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢la⸣ na-⸢ṣu⸣-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂-qa ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {1}TUK—{d}AMAR.UTU [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | {[lu₂v]}NIGIR ša {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢u₃⸣ e-gir₂-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x] {⸢dug⸣}ŠAB GEŠTIN [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}NIGIR ša {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 9 | u₃ e-gir₂-[x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | 02 {dug}ŠAB ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-na {1}ah-he-[ša₂-a.a x x x] | |
| 12 | u₂-se-bi-⸢il⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x]+⸢x 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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