CT 53, 392 (P313806)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 392 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313806 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1'1'– | I raised my (own) bricks which [...], went away, took over the work assignment of Mannu-ki-Ninua, 100 [brick courses], and shall finish bricking it up. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | The king, [my] lo[rd ...] the work assignme[nt ...] |
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' | SIG₄-ia ⸢ša⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | an-ta-at-⸢ah⸣ | |
| 3' | at-ta-lak 01 me [x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | pi-il\y-ku ša\y [o] | |
| 5' | {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}NINA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 6' | a-ṣa-bat a-ra-ṣip-⸢pi⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-ga-am-mu-ri [o] | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-[li₂] pi-il\y-⸢ku⸣ | |
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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