CT 53, 527 (P313940)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 527 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313940 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | As to the [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | equipment t[o ......], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the royal bodyguar[d ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | with the depu[ty ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | cam[e ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | took [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | which [......] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | hors[e(s) ......] |
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' | UGU {⸢lu₂v}x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | til-li a-[na x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}qur-bu-[te x x x x] | |
| 4' | TA@v\m {lu₂v}02-[e x x x x] | |
| 5' | i-tal-⸢ku⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 6' | iš\d-šu₂-u-ni\d [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša\d i-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {anšed}KUR.[RA x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢an⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | la [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-⸢ki⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ak⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢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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