CT 53, 495 (P313908)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 495 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313908 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | From that drug [about which I [...] wrote to you: "[......]," |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If there is (even) one third of it (left), send [......]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Is [NN] well? Wha[t ......] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | The gods [of the king, my lord, have taken action], total health [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | He has recovered thanks to the genie of the king, [my lo]rd. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Intercalary Adar (XII/2), 28th day, [eponym year of NN]. |
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 | TA@v ŠA₃ šam-me am-mi-[i ša x x x] | |
| 2 | aš₂-pur-ak-kan-ni ⸢mu⸣-[uk x x x x] | |
| 3 | šum-ma 03-si še-e-bi-la [x x x x] | |
| 4 | DI-⸢mu⸣-u₂ mi-i-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia e-tap-šu₂] | |
| 3' | šul-mu ⸢gab-bi⸣-[šu₂ x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina {d}ALAD ša LUGAL be-[li₂-ia ib-ta-laṭ] | |
| 5' | {iti}DIRI.ŠE {iti}DIRI.ŠE UD 28-⸢KAM₂⸣ [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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