CT 53, 440 (P313853)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 440 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313853 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... the kin]g, my lord, knows |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the forts |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] I gave [to the ki]ng, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [May the king, my lord, not] say: "He is [a trait]or!" |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | [... all] the king's subjects [who are in] my [service] |
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 x x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN u₂\m-da\d | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ad-⸢din⸣ | |
| 5' | [LUGAL be-li₂ lu la] i-qab-bi | |
| 6' | [ma-a {lu₂}par-ri]-ṣu šu₂-u₂\m | |
| 7' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ARAD\p-MEŠ\m ša\ty LUGAL | |
| 8' | [am—mar ina pa-ni]-⸢ia⸣-a-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣ | |
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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