CT 53, 447 (P313860)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313860 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [...] I should have heard [...], (but) I did not he[ar it]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [Concer]ning the garde[ner ... about wh]om the king, my lord, [wrote to me], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | six men [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [wi]th the men [of ...] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | g[ave] orders [...] |
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] lu-u aš₂-me [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku la-a aš₂-[me x x x] | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {lu₂v}NU.⸢GIŠ⸣.[SAR x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL EN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m 06 [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu ⸢iš⸣-[kun-x x x] | |
| 9' | [x]+⸢x⸣ ṣa an [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]-an-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [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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