CT 53, 372 (P313786)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 372 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313786 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [The king's word to the Kissikians: I am well]; you [can be glad]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...... Sîn-šarra]-uṣur |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... Nabû-šar]-ahhešu |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...... Akkul]lani |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] Sîn-šarra-uṣur |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | your [......] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [......] cross over to me. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [As to the ... i]n the charge of |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... Na]bû-šar-ahhešu |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | and their [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [about whom you w]rote, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [for] what reason |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] st[il]l |
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 | [a-bat LUGAL] | |
| 2 | [a-na {uru}ki-sik-a.a] | |
| 5 | [ŠA₃-ku-nu lu DUG₃.GA]-ku-nu | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]-e | |
| 7 | [x x x x {1}{d}30—MAN]—PAB | |
| 8 | [x x x x {1}{d}PA—MAN]—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x {1}ak-kul]-la-ni | |
| 10 | [x x x x {1}{d]}30—MAN—PAB | |
| 11 | [x x x x]-⸢ku⸣-nu | |
| 12 | [x x x x] eb-ra-a-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ ŠU.2 | |
| 2 | [x x {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—MAN—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [ša la in]-ne₂-ep-šu-nu | |
| 4 | [ša taš]-pur-a-ni | |
| 5 | [a-na] mi₃-nim-ma | |
| 6 | [x x]-⸢hur⸣ ah—⸢hur⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x]-i-šu-⸢nu⸣ | |
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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