CT 53, 484 (P313897)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 484 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313897 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | As to [the ... of whom the ki]ng, my lord, wr[ote to me]: "Mobilize them! They should come and drag the bull colo[ssi]!" |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | [I spo]ke with them in the presence of [...] of the Palace [..... |
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] ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 3' | [ma-a] da-ak\d-ki-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 4' | [lil]-⸢li\d⸣-ku {na₄}{d}ALAD.{d}[LAMA-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | [liš-da]-du-ni ina pa-na-⸢at⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-tu₂ ša\yd E₂.GAL [x x] | |
| 7' | [ad-du]-⸢bu⸣-bu\p i-si-šu-[nu x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢ak⸣ ru [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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