CT 53, 369 (P313783)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 369 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313783 |
| 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' | [...] the city Birati |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] cavalry |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] will bring in |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] outriders |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] to Dur-Šarrukin |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] do |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] once |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] it/she |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [...]s |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [... the king my lord] knows [that w]e are the king [my lord's servant]s. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] him/his |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [......] deficit |
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] {⸢uru}bir-ra-a-te⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ša\d—BAD-HAL-li | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-nu u₂-še-rab | |
| 4' | [x x x {lu₂]}kal-la-bu | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na\t {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢e⸣-pu-uš | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂ a-na\t ma-la | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši-i | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-⸢na⸣-te | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x LUGAL be-li₂] u₂-da\d | |
| 2 | [ki-i x x x]-ni ša LUGAL | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x]-e-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LAL-e | |
| 6 | [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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