CT 53, 589 (P314001)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314001 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | ... the city of A]rpad [......]. |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | Now, [let] Ullusunu [be] on guard for hi[mself ...]; and the letter [......] which I sent to you [......] within [...... |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | I said: "Ull[usunu ...... |
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 {uru]}⸢ar⸣-pad-du [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a {1}ul-lu\m-su-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na⸣ EN.NUN ša\d ra\t-⸢me⸣-[ni-šu₂ x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ e-gir₂-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ša\m aš₂-pu-rak-kan-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x] ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢ni mu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [mu]-uk\td {1}ul-⸢lu⸣-[su-nu x x] | |
| 3' | [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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