CT 53, 453 (P313866)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 453 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313866 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [Now th]en Man[nu-...... has c]ome [to me], saying: "Find out in detail those who chased away [...... the body]guard, and write to me [...]!" |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | A chariot fighter of mine [na]med Abu-[...] — for the second year [now] he has not g[one to] a campaign with me |
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' | [u₂-ma-a an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ {1}man-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ina IGI-ia i-ta]-la-ka ma-a ša\yd a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂v}qur]-⸢bu⸣-te u₂-ka-ši-du-[ni x x x] | |
| 4' | [ma-a] hu-ur-ṣa šu-up-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | {[lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—SIG\d-ia {[lu₂v]}⸢A⸣—SIG\d-ia šu-u-tu₂ {1}AD—[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [i-qab]-bu-niš-šu₂ 02 MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [a-na] KASKAL i-si-ia la-a ⸢il⸣-[lik 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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