CT 53, 411 (P313824)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 411 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313824 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The 'base of the throne' was firm; [......]; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | the base of the right-hand surface [of the 'finger' ...]; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the 'path' is present; ...[......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' ...[......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] the 'pouch' ...[......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 33–r 33 | [...] the 'station' [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 44–r 44 | ... the upper part [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 55–r 55 | and the lower part is elevated; [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 66–r 66 | is not twisted; the 'cap' is 'loose'; |
| Reverse [4:9] r 77–r 1111 | As to what the king, my lord, sa[id]: "Did Nabû-nadin-šumi son of [NN] become clean?" — the pur[ification ritual ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | u₂ mu [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | da [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ŠUB—AŠ.TE GIN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | SUHUŠ EDIN 15 [ŠU.SI x x x x x] | |
| 5' | KASKAL i-ši UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | DAGAL 150 ŠU.SI [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | DAGAL 150 ŠU.SI GIŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢DUN₃ HUL x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢NA⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢x x⸣ AN.⸢TA⸣-[tum x x x x x] | |
| 5 | u KI.TA-tum DU-[ik x x x x x] | |
| 6 | NU zir-at U.SAG BAR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-[u-ni] | |
| 8 | ⸢ma⸣-a {1}{d}PA—SUM—MU DUMU [x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢i⸣-te-li-li tak-[pir-tu₂ x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [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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