CT 53, 551 (P313963)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 551 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313963 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | here [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | any [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | trained to the yoke [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | riders [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | when [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | we [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [The king, my lord, can be] gla[d]. |
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' | ⸢an-na-ka x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | me-e-me-e-ni [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša ni-i-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša—BAD-HAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | im—ma-te im—ma-te [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢a-ni-nu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ŠA₃-⸢bu⸣ [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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