CT 53, 475 (P313888)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 475 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313888 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... wi]th the king, my lord |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] upon |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] terrible |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [......] scribe |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | his [...] before [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [which] I am hauling [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [.. the kin]g, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [s]aid [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] Aššu[r ... the R]ear [Palace] |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'–r 12'12' | [...] lords[hip ...] |
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 x] ⸢TA LUGAL be-li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-ba ina UGU | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢sa⸣-mi-ik-te | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}A.BA | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]-nu-šu₂ ina IGI [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] a-ša₂-ad-da-⸢du⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-šu-u-ni ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia ⸢li⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x]-ni mu-ša₂-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [iq]-ṭi-bi [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ aš-⸢šur⸣ [x x E₂]—⸢ku⸣-tal-li E₂]—⸢ku⸣-tal-li | |
| 8' | [x x x] EN-⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂ x x x x]-u-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ gab-bi | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
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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