CT 53, 470 (P313883)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 470 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313883 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [T]o [the king, our lord: your serv]ants [Aššur-alik-pani and] Nergal-ša[rrani]. Good [health to the king, our lord]! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | The king having s[ent us] for good relations [and peace] to Bit-A[bdadani], |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [we stayed] two days in [... but no]body [...ed] with [us] |
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 | [a]-na [LUGAL be-li₂-ni] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣-[ka {1}aš-šur—a-lik—pa-ni] | |
| 3 | {1}{⸢d⸣}U.GUR—⸢MAN⸣—[a-ni] | |
| 4 | ⸢lu⸣ šul\m-[mu a-na LUGAL EN-ni] | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-na-ši-ni] | |
| 6 | a-na ṭu\m-bi [u su-lum-me-e] | |
| 7 | a-na {kur}E₂—⸢ab⸣-[da-da-a-ni] | |
| 8 | 02 UD-MEŠ ina [x x kam-mu-sa-ni] | |
| 9 | me-me-ni is-si-[ni la x x x] | |
| 10 | [x]+⸢x⸣ ba\t [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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