CT 53, 563 (P313975)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 563 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313975 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Aššur-bani]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | On the 8th [of ... the gods] are going to get up and [take residence in the akitu chapel; they will stay there] until the middle [of the month]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Oil [...... |
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⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}aš-šur—ba-ni] | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-[mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | UD 08-KAM {[d}x x {d}x x] | |
| 5 | i-tab-bu-[u-ni ina {e₂}a-ki-ti uš-šu-bu] | |
| 6 | a-di\d meš\t-⸢li⸣ [ITI x x x x] | |
| 7 | I₃-MEŠ\t ri [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [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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