CT 53, 416 (P313829)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 416 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313829 |
| 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' | [......] Let them bring [them down ...]! |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [I] sent [... the pr]efects of [...], and they brought [them to me]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | They are [inci]ting them against me [...]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [I]ati' says: "[You have ...] us [our] corn tax, (but) you have not su[pplied our] deficit(s) [for ...] years!" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] to [...] |
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] {⸢lu₂v}x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-⸢ša₂⸣ lu-še-ri-[du-šu₂-nu] | |
| 3' | [x x x {lu₂v]}⸢GAR⸣-nu-⸢te⸣ ša\dm ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x a]-⸢sa⸣-pa-ra u₂-se-⸢bi⸣-[lu-ni-šu₂-nu] | |
| 5' | [u₂-ša₂]-da-bu\p-bu\p-ni\d-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | {1}⸢ia⸣-ti-iʾ ma-a {še}nu-⸢sa⸣-[hi-ni] | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-na-ši ma-a bat-qi\tm-[ni] | |
| 8' | [x x MU].⸢AN⸣.NA-MEŠ\t la ta-ṣa-[x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] a-na ⸢ka⸣-[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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