CT 53, 436 (P313849)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313849 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] aroun[d ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] of the chi[ef ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] in(to) the king's presence [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Il-ya]da' who [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [in] the days of [NN] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Nabû]-belu-ka''in in [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] No[w ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [x] hundred men [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] muc[h ...] |
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⸣ ina bat-bat-[ti x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša {lu₂v}⸢GAL⸣—[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pa-an LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}DINGIR—ia]-da-aʾ ša [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [ina ŠA₃] UD-MEŠ\m ša {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}{d}PA]—EN—GIN ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ an-nu-[rig x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x] me {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-aʾ-[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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