CT 53, 517 + 766 (P313930)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 517 + 766 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313930 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | [The gov]ern[or of ...] has as[ked me] for 100 oxen; the governor of Si['immê] has asked me for 200 oxen and 2,000 sheep. Now, i[f] the king, [my] lo[rd] ord[ers, ......] |
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' | {[lu₂vy}EN].⸢NAM⸣ [ša {kur}x x] | |
| 2' | 01 ⸢me GUD⸣-MEŠ e-⸢ri⸣-[iš] | |
| 3' | {lu₂vy}EN.NAM ša\d {kur}si-[ʾi-me-e] | |
| 4' | 02 me GUD-MEŠ 02 lim UDU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5' | e-ri-ša-an-ni | |
| 6' | u₂\m-ma-a ⸢šum₂⸣-[ma] LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 7' | i-qa-[bi x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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