CT 53, 474 (P313887)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 474 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313887 |
| 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' | where two, where three [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | of the king [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | he borrow[ed ......] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | threw before his horses [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | where horses [...] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'– | they took away the straw of the house [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | the former from [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | he sea[led ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Now ...[...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the horses of [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | all the [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | three [......] |
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' | ⸢E₂ 02 E₂ 03 [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\d LUGAL nu-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-hu-ta\dp-⸢bil⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina IGI {anše}KUR-MEŠ\m-šu [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ik\d-ta\d-ar-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | E₂\d {anše}KUR-MEŠ {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 7' | {še}IN.NU ša\yd ⸢E₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ip-tu-u-⸢gu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | pa-ni-u₂\m TA@v\m [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ik\d-ta\p-na-[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₂-ma\p-a ku ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | {anše}KUR-MEŠ\m ša\yd [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a—mar ⸢gi⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | 03 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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