CT 53, 554 (P313966)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 554 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313966 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "sur[ely ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | "...[......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | this cit[y ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | "to [him]se[lf ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | "seized [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | "...[......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | "all [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | "the riv[er .......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | "the chief [.......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...... sa]id to me: "100 chariots [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......]s to [......] |
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' | ma-⸢a i-x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a pi-⸢iq\d⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a u₂\m-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | URU an-ni-[u₂ x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na\t ra-[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | iṣ\d-bat-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a id-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | gab-bu i-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a ⸢ID₂\t⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | {⸢lu₂}GAL—x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x iq-ṭi]-bi-a ma-a 01 me {giš}GIGIR ma [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣-ni a-na\td ⸢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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