CT 53, 499 (P313912)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 499 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313912 |
| 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' | in the presence of the king, [my] l[ord ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | barley rations in [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | to Bel-ša[rru-uṣur ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | saying, "[...] barley rations |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and what [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [the t]own [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | set asi[de ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | will hear [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | will retrieve [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | let him mov[e ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | to the kin[g ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | and [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] I will give him |
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] | |
| 2' | ina IGI ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia x x x] | |
| 3' | {še}PAD-MEŠ\t ina {giš}[x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na {1}{d}EN—⸢MAN⸣—[PAB x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢URU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-se-e-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-ša₂-am-me [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-ša₂-lah₃ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | li\d-ir-ha-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina UGU ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] la-din-šu₂ | |
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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