CT 53, 588 (P314000)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 588 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314000 |
| 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' | when from [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I came [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | opposite me i[n ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | I went [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the Gambul[ean(s) ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | and Mar-[......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the chief eunu[ch ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | and the Chalde[an(s) ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | opposite me [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | which the ki[ng ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... will o]ffer [......] |
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' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\mm TA@v pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | al\t-li-kan-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | pu\t-ti\t-ia ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | at-ta-lak ⸢ra⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂v}gam-bu-la-[a.a x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ni x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ {1}⸢DUMU⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ {lu₂v}kal\d-⸢da⸣-[a.a x x x] | |
| 5' | ša pu-⸢tu-a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša\m ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x u₂]-qar-ra-bu\t-[ni 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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