CT 53, 363 (P313777)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 363 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313777 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [One bull c]olossus at the gate [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [the house] of the king before the stone [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... is] about to be finished. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [One b]ull colossus at the gate [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... wi]th the corridor is f[inished]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... he]wn [...]s, (and) the bull col[ossus] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] which is before the royal residence [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [One bull co]lossus [of] the house [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] one at [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...... are] now [finished]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [The bull co]lossus o]f the house [...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [...] is [n]ot fin[ished ...] |
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⸣ bu\p sa a [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x {na₄}{d]}⸢LAMA⸣.ALAD ša\d KA₂—[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] LUGAL ša ina IGI {na₄}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x] ⸢ku x x⸣ ša₂ ga-ma-⸢ri⸣ [šu-u] | |
| 6' | [x] {⸢na₄}{d⸣}LAMA.ALAD ša KA₂—⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢TA⸣ du-lu-ba-ni ⸢ga⸣-[mir] | |
| 8' | [x ba]-⸢at⸣-qu-te {na₄}{d}⸢LAMA⸣.[ALAD] | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\y ina IGI E₂—LUGAL E₂—LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 10' | [x {na₄}{d]}⸢LAMA⸣.ALAD [ša] E₂ [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bu 01-en ina [x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] u₂-ma-⸢a⸣ [ga-am-ru] | |
| 13' | [x {na₄}{d}LAMA.ALAD] ⸢ša⸣ E₂—[x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ ga-[mir x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x] ta\p la ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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