CT 53, 458 (P313871)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 458 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313871 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | ......] which in [...... an of]ficial in charge of the seed g[rain ...... |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'–b.e. 8'8' | [...] from under [......] he came and gave me [......] dirt [...] emblem [......] |
| Bottom [3:8] b.e. 9'9'– | The river running past Samar[ia has dried up and] there is just one well in the whole region [......]. I have set [to work ...] and they have filtered it(s water), but they have not yet finished [......]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [...] persons with exempted (soldiers) [......] cities [...... |
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 ša⸣ ina [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x {lu₂v}EN—pi]-qit-te {lu₂v}EN—pi]-qit-te ina UGU {še}⸢NUMUN⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢ub⸣-te-šu₂ ⸢x ka⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] a-ta-[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] a [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v\m šap-la ma-⸢a-x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢il⸣-la-ka i-tan-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂-ʾu-ur-tu₂ {giš}⸢ŠU⸣.NIR [x x x x] | |
| 9' | ID₂ TA@v\m IGI {uru}sa-me-⸢ri⸣-[na x x e-tab-la] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01-et ši-i PU₂ ina ŠA₃-bi gab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | u₂\m-ta\m-me-di is-sa-ah-lu-⸢ši⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [u₂\m]-di-ni la u₂\m-gam-me-ru {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ TA@v\m {lu₂v}za-ku-e [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢URU⸣-MEŠ e-⸢ta⸣-[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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