CT 53, 568 (P313980)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 568 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313980 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant Nabû-bal]liṭanni. [Good health to the k]ing, m[y] lord! [The land o]f the king [my] lo[rd] is well. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Concerning ... about] which [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] in El[am] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...... s]oldiers |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... has] entere[d] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...... e]arly m[orning] |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010–o 1515 | [......] came |
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}{d}PA]—⸢bal⸣-liṭ-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na KUR] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL\d be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | [ina UGU x x x] ⸢ša x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina {kur}⸢NIM⸣.[MA{ki]} | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x e]-tar\t-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢kal⸣-la-⸢ma⸣-[ri] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-tal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]-⸢du⸣-um\y-[ma] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]-ub\d | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]-ak\d | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]-ba\t-⸢ab⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ\m [o] | |
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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