CT 53, 407 (P313820)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 407 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313820 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [...-er]eš, a [...], [and ...]ayu, a subordinate of [NN, have co]me to me. The king kn[ows that they are] distant [...]. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 6'6'– | [I have now sent] m[y messenger] to [him]; as soon as he returns [t]o me, [I shall immediately w]rite to the king, [my lord]. |
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' | {1}{d}x]—⸢APIN⸣-eš {⸢lu₂v}A⸣—[KIN] {⸢lu₂v}A⸣—[KIN] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-a.a ša ŠU.2 {1}x x] | |
| 4' | [it-tal]-⸢ku⸣-u-ni\d LUGAL ⸢u₂⸣-[da] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢pa⸣-ti-u₂-te [šu-nu] | |
| 6' | {[lu₂v}A—KIN]-⸢ia⸣ {[lu₂v}A—KIN]-⸢ia⸣ ina UGU-hi-[šu₂] | |
| 7' | [a-sa-par] ki-ma-a | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ia i-suh-ra | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [ar₂-hiš ina] UGU LUGAL | |
| 10' | [EN-ia a]-⸢šap⸣-pa-ra | |
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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