CT 53, 428 (P313841)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 428 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313841 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [...]iâ, Abi-nuri [...]. They are from the same household about which my lord spoke with the rab mūgi. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | Ahi-Iau, Bir-il, Samsi-natan |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | wh[o] are com[i]ng in today. [T]otal, 11 men coming in. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [x] staff-bearers [in charge of] Aya-yababa. |
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]-⸢ia-a⸣ [o] {1}AD—ZALAG₂ | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ E₂-ma šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | ⸢ša⸣ be-li₂ ina UGU-hi | |
| 4' | TA@v GAL—mu-gi GAL—mu-gi id-bu-bu-ni | |
| 5' | {1}PAB—ia-u | |
| 6' | {1}bir—DINGIR | |
| 7' | {1}⸢sam-si⸣—na-tan | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša u₂-ma-a⸣ | |
| 2' | e-⸢rab⸣-u-ni | |
| 3' | ⸢PAB⸣ 11 ERIM-MEŠ TU-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}PA-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [x x] {1}{d}a.a—ba-ba | |
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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