CT 53, 546 (P313958)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 546 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313958 |
| 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 1'1'–r 1'1' | of [PN ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | no[w] the mes[senger ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | thereto [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | in the presence of Merodach-Baladan [......] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | saying, "[......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] it is mine [......] |
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' | ša\d {1}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-kan-[ni] {⸢lu₂v}A⸣—[KIN {⸢lu₂v}A⸣—[KIN x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina UGU\d-hi li\d-[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | pa-an {1}{d}ŠU₂—A—AŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-⸢ia⸣-ma šu-u₂\m ⸢a⸣ [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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