CT 53, 456 (P313869)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 456 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313869 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Previ]o[usly] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the [... o]f the [...] official |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | said: "[...] ... [......]" |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Now he has go[ne around ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | set ou[t ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | they sell [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Previously [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | they used to knit [......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | dark-blue wool [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'–b.e. 12'b.e. 12' | bast [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 44–r 44 | to [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 66–r 66 | the ex[empts ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 77–r 77 | has ta[ken ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 88–r 88 | let [......] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 1010–r 1111 | [their] work [......] |
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' | [i—ti-ma-li [i—ti-ma-li i]—ša₂-[šu-me i]—ša₂-[šu-me x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x as⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ma⸣-[a x x]-⸢an⸣-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a [x x x] ⸢la x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₂-ma-a il-⸢ti⸣-[bi x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂\m-ta-me-⸢iš⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | i-du-nu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | i—ša₂-šu-me i—ša₂-šu-me [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-ka-ṣur [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃.MI [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | si-ih-pu [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 2 | an [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | u₂\m-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}⸢za⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | it-⸢ti⸣-[ši x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | li-⸢ir⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ba-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | dul-la-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | i-[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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