CT 53, 520 (P313933)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 520 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313933 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [They] should transport [here a ...] 12 cubits [...] and [x] cubits thick and lay it [down] in the temple of Aššur. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | They [will be used] for the gutt[ers] of the temple of Aššur. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I have written to you; do n[ot be negligent]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] 12 KUŠ₃ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x] KUŠ₃ ku-bur [x x x] | |
| 4' | li-in-ta-⸢hu⸣-[ni (x)] | |
| 5' | ina E₂—aš-šur lik-[ru-ru] | |
| 6' | a-na {giš}pi-sa-[na-te] | |
| 7' | ⸢ša⸣ E₂—aš-šur i-[x x x] | |
| 8' | [a]-sap-rak-ka ⸢la⸣ [ta-ši-aṭ] | |
Sources & licences
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