CT 53, 482 (P313895)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 482 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313895 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] the letter [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... I wr]ote him [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | ["Why have] you not [sent a reply to] (my) letter? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] anything [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] As I |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] I said: "[...] to |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] Se'-rame the [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...... s]ent him [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] a Babylonian |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] Send [...]! |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [......] so th[at ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [......] he will com[e] |
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 x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] e-gir₂-tu₂ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x a-sap]-ra-aš₂-šu ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x gab-ri] ⸢e⸣-gir₂-te la ⸢ta⸣-[aš₂-pur] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x]-ti\t me-me-ni\d [x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i a-na-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] nu-uk\d ina UGU-⸢hi⸣-[x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x] {1}si-i—ra-me {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-⸢sap⸣-ra-aš₂-šu [x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-si DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR{[ki]} DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR{[ki]} | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]-a šu-pur a.a-[x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a ba\t-⸢si⸣ [x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ il-⸢la⸣-[ka] | |
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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