CT 53, 398 (P313812)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 398 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313812 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | We have selected 3,350 p[eople] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | from Til-da[...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | as far as Sazan[â]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Bel-[...], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [NN], Gabbu-ana-Aššur, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [NN], Na'di-ilu |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the king [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Musan[i], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the legate of [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | sleeps in his house. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | I [...] 9 seahs 7 [litres ...] |
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] | |
| 2' | 03 lim 03 me 50 {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢TA@v⸣ {uru}⸢DU₆⸣—da-[x x] | |
| 4' | a-⸢di⸣ {uru}sa-⸢za-na⸣-[a] | |
| 5' | ⸢ni-ib⸣-ti\t-ar {1}EN—[x x] | |
| 6' | {1}x x x]-ni {1}gab-bu—ana—aš-šur [o] | |
| 7' | {1}x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}I—DINGIR | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}mu-sa-⸢ni⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}qe\tm-pu ša\m {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | ina E₂-šu₂ ⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢a-na⸣-ku 9(ban₂) 07 [qa 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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