CT 53, 507 (P313920)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 507 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313920 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "the king of Ela[m ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] Zer-Babi[li ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] sen[t ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] my father's house [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] at his disposal [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] silver and gol[d ...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [Kalb]i-Ukû [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-a LUGAL {kur}NIM.[MA{ki} x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}NUMUN\y—KA₂.DINGIR.[RA{ki} x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ bar i-sap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x]-bu-lu E₂—AD-⸢ia⸣ E₂—AD-⸢ia⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x]-me ina pa-ni-šu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-a KUG.UD-MEŠ KUG.⸢GI⸣-[MEŠ x] | |
| 7 | {1}kal]-⸢bi⸣—u₂\m-ku-u₂\m a-[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢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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