CT 53, 395 (P313809)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 395 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313809 |
| 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' | [...] have done [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... in] Tishri (VII) [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [the king, m]y [lord] w[rote ...] |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'– | Perha[ps the king, my lord, w]ill say: "[What are you] doing?" |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] I |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] On the 15th day |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] I shall finish ... |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [...] I shall give them [the p]rice |
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]-⸢ram⸣-me [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢e⸣-tap-šu₂ ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] {⸢iti⸣}DUL [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢ni⸣ is [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] u₂\m [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢i—su\t⸣-[ri] | |
| 8' | [LUGAL be-li₂ i]-qab-bi [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma-a mi-nu te]-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na-ku | |
| 3 | [x x x x] UD 15-KAM₂\t | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ṣip-te u₂\m-ga-mar | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ ad-da-na-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [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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