CT 53, 473 (P313886)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313886 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | of [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Now the ki[ng, my lord, ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | should exercise [...]. And [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | the king, my lord, should rep[rimand ......] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | I shall keep watch [in ...] with the exempt[ed men ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | behind [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | let them do [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | of Wa[......] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | knows [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša\ydm⸣ ku-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₂-ma-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | le\d-pu\t-ša₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | LUGAL\d EN li\td-ir-[u₂-ba x x x] | |
| 5' | ana-ku TA@v\m za-ku-[e x x x x] | |
| 6' | EN.NUN\m la-ṣur [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina ku-tal\d ṣi-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | le\d-pu\t-šu₂ {lu₂v}[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša\dy {1}u₂-a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂⸣-da\d a-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x] ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ mar MEŠ\m DU₃ {d}PA ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢ša\y⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [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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