CT 53, 472 (P313885)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 472 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313885 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | ...... I have made] it clear to [them ......; they are] in my presence, they [have not set] foot an[ywhere else]. If I send for [them], they come [promptly], and if I send them [to ......]. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | [I told] the chief ...s: "Insp[ect] your [tro]ops! Each [of your ......], and the [...] official [...... should c]ome [...... |
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 bir]-ti IGI.2-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x ina] IGI-ia GIR₃.2-šu₂-nu a.a-[ka-me-e-ni] | |
| 3' | [la-a iš]-⸢ku⸣-nu šum₂\p-ma a-šap-pa-raš-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | [ar₂-hiš] il-la-ku-u-ni u₃ šum₂-[ma x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ a-šap-pa-raš-šu₂-nu ni\d [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢ma⸣ a-na {lu₂v}GAL—⸢x⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {[lu₂v}e]-⸢muq⸣-qi-ku-nu am-[ra x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x-ku]-nu ia-mut-⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ {lu₂v}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [lil]-⸢li\d⸣-ka [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[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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