CT 53, 492 (P313905)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 492 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313905 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | from the [In]ner City [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] transported [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Kumme [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [H]e [.....] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | the Ukk[ean(s) ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Šamaš-išmanni [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Ariye [......] |
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] ⸢a⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | {[uru]}⸢ŠA₃⸣—URU-a.⸢a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x] za-ab-lu u₂ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}ku-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [šu]-u₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 6' | {[kur]}⸢u₂⸣-ka-[a.a x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] {1}{d}UTU—HAL-⸢ni⸣ šu-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-ba ina UGU-⸢hi⸣ [x] | |
| 4' | [x x {1}a-ri-e [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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