CT 53, 564 (P313976)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 564 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313976 |
| 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' | com[e ......]. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [A]s the king, my lord [w]rote t[o his servant], in [this very way] we shall spe[ak] with them and encourage [them]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'– | And what ...[......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] who [......] |
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' | [x x x] ⸢il-lak⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 2' | [ki-i] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢a⸣-[na ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 3' | ⸢iš⸣-pur-an-ni\d ki-i [an-ni-ma] | |
| 4' | is-si-šu₂-nu ni-da-[bu-ub] | |
| 5' | ŠA₃-bu ni\d-šak-kan-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃ ša 1 x dan na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] man-nu | |
| 2 | [x x x 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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