CT 53, 442 (P313855)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 442 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313855 |
| 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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] to [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [t]o the te[ams ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | to the messen[ger ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | I bro[ught ......] |
| Bottom [0:9] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'– | I g[ave him] these orders: "As soon as you have brought [...] the oxen and the wa[gons, give them] to [NN]; later on, [......]." |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | What else? Let these [...]s go out too, don't let [...] grow [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... ap]proached [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [wh]ich I answered you [...] |
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] ⸢a⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [a]-na {anše}u₂-[rat x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-na {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN\t⸣ {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN\t⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | at-ta-⸢ṣa⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | šu-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | {1}sa⸣-[x]+⸢x-x⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 13' | ṭe₃-e-mu a-⸢sa⸣-[kan-šu] | |
| 14' | nu-uk\d ki-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GUD-MEŠ TA@v\m {giš}tal-[lak-a-te] | |
| 2 | ta-at-ta-ṣa a-na {1}[x x x di-ni] | |
| 3 | nu-uk\d ha-ram-ma-[ma x x x] | |
| 4 | mi-i-nu ah—hur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | an-na-a-te še-ṣi-[a x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢la tu⸣-šar-ba-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x] u₃ GIŠ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu\d ⸢iš⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 11 | [uq\d]-ṭar-rib [x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢u₂⸣-bi-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša⸣ ep-pa-lu-ka-a-⸢ni⸣ [x 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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