CT 53, 406 (P313819)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 406 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313819 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [... NN], son of the chief singer, is saying: "[......; I heard it] from the mouth of the temple ste[ward]. I and the chief singer have written a letter and sent it [to the pala]ce." |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [NN], the horse trainer, says: "[I heard] from the mouth o[f ......]; the temple steward [wrote] a letter [about it to the palace]. Later [...]" |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DUMU {lu₂v}NAR.GAL ⸢ma⸣-[a x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v pi-i ša {lu₂v}lah-⸢hi⸣-[ni] | |
| 3' | [a-se-me a-na-ku] {lu₂v}NAR.GAL e-gir₂-tu₂ ni-sa-⸢ṭar⸣ [o] | |
| 4' | [ina E₂].⸢GAL⸣ nu-us-se-bil₂ [o] | |
| 5' | [x x x] {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR ma-a TA@v pi-i ⸢ša⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}lah-hi-nu e-gir₂-[tu₂ x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a ha-ram-ma-[ma 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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