CT 53, 371 (P313785)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 371 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313785 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......]... him |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Eṭiru said, t[o] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... h]im along with his camel |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] of Cutha |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [...] sprinkled [up]on him |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 7'b.e. 7'–b.e. 7'b.e. 7' | [......] Labasi |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 8'8'– | [inquired and invest]igated |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] he asked |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] a 'daughter' of Cutha |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...]...s the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] ... of gold |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] lions |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-mi-ʾu-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x {1}⸢e⸣-ṭi-ru iq\d-ṭi-bi a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x ša₂]-a-šu₂ a-di {anše}gam-mal-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-hal GU₂\t.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 6' | [x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂ qar-⸢ra⸣-ru\d-u-ni\d | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | [x x x x x] {1}la-ba\t-⸢si⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x u₂-ta]-ṣi-iṣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-sa-al\t | |
| 2 | [x x x x] DUMU.MI₂ GU₂\t.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x-MEŠ\m-tu₂ LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]-ni-⸢ni KUG.GI⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]-di UR.MAH-MEŠ\m | |
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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