CT 53, 454 (P313867)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 454 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313867 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [The Mannean] has atta[cked] the forts of the [king of] Urarṭu [which are situated on] his border, and let [his troops] occupy the forts. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [The] Urarṭian [commander]-in-chief has gone [to he]lp with [his troops ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] in the district of [......] |
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] {⸢uru⸣}bi-ra-ti\t ša\dm {kur}⸢URI\t⸣-[a.a] | |
| 2' | [ša ina UGU] ta-hu-mi-šu₂ i-zu-⸢qu⸣-[pu] | |
| 3' | [ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ ina] {⸢uru⸣}bi-ra-ti\t u₂-se-⸢li⸣ | |
| 4' | {[lu₂v}tur]-⸢ta⸣-nu ša\dm {kur}URI\dm-a.a a-di [e-mu-qi-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [a-na a].⸢a⸣-li\d it\m-ta-lak [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] ina na\t-gi-⸢e ša\dm⸣ [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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