CT 53, 538 (P313950)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313950 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'– | [May DNN bles]s [the crown prince, m]y [lord, very greatly]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | The cr[own] prince, [m]y [lord], can be [hap]py. |
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' | [a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2' | [a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [ŠA₃-bu] ⸢ša⸣ DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ | |
| 3' | [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ lu DUG₃.GA | |
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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