CT 53, 439 (P313852)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 439 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313852 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | the deputy [... and ...] of the lady [NN] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the servants [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | brough[t ......] |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | We received [... and] brought [them] into the city [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [Perhaps] the king, my lord, [will say]: "[...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | two hau[berks ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | one shiel[d ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | one bow [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | four axes [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | a mural crown of [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | a boss of [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | three shekels [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | a string of beads [...] |
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' | {lu₂v}02-[u x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\p {mi₂}⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ\m [x x x x] | |
| 4' | na-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 5' | ni\d-ta-har [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃ {uru}[x x x x] | |
| 7' | nu-se-ri-⸢ib⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 02 qur-[pi-si x x x] | |
| 2' | 01 a-⸢ri⸣-[tu x x x x] | |
| 3' | 01 {giš}BAN [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | 04 ul-ma-te [x x x x] | |
| 5' | GILIM ša qi-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | ni-ip-hu ša\y [x x x x] | |
| 7' | 03 GIN₂-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | BAN₃.⸢DA⸣ [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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