CT 53, 467 (P313880)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 467 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313880 |
| 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' | in [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | of the [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "the [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | "I did not [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | to [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the king, my lord, [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | When [PN ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | produc[es .......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | the work [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | which we [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 12 cu[bits ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | today [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | another [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | the ground [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | On the 3rd day [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | we se[t to work ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | the 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' | ina [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\m {lu₂v}[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | e-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-a {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a la ⸢ak⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-na ⸢ma⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ki\y-i {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | u₂\m-qar-⸢ra⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢dul₆⸣-lu is-[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša\y nu-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 12 ina 01 KUŠ₃ x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ina UD-me an-⸢ni⸣-[e x x x x] | |
| 6 | 02-u₂\m [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | kaq\d-qu-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | UD 03-KAM₂\t [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | nu-⸢ma⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 10 | dul₆-lu [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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