CT 53, 356 (P313770)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 356 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313770 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | i[f ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | in the mountain [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | outside [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | wood [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | on the 3rd day [......] |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'– | married [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | of [.......] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | the off[icial ......] |
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' | šum-[ma x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina KUR-⸢e⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | qa-an-ni\d [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | GIŠ-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | UD 03-KAM₂\t [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | e-⸢hu-za⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša\yd [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | <$x x x$> [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | <$LU₂~v$>.EN—⸢pi⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢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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