CT 53, 450 (P313863)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 450 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313863 |
| 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' | [......] until the doors |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] you bring forth the letters |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] of Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] he [esc]aped [...... in f]ear. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | And the silver from the camel[s which] he spoke about [...... and] which [...]ed him fears, send it likewise [... to M]arduk! |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [I have s]ent [...; ...] to [him] with Marduk-iddin[a] |
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] a-du E₂ {giš}IG\d-MEŠ\m | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢e-gir₂⸣-a-te tu-še-ṣa-an-ni\d | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢su⸣ ša\yd {1}EN—KASKAL—EN—PAB | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-luh-ti šu-u₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-⸢zi⸣-ib u₃ KUG.UD TA@v\m {anše}gam-mal-[MEŠ\m] | |
| 6' | [ša x x x x] iq\d-bu-u-ni\d ša\y pul\m-ha-a-te | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-⸢la⸣-aš₂-šu₂-un-ni is-se-niš-ma | |
| 8' | [x ina UGU {1}⸢mar⸣-duk še-bi-la-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x u₂]-⸢se⸣-bil₂ TA@v\m {1}{d}ŠU₂—SUM-⸢na⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ba-aš₂-[šu₂] ⸢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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