CT 53, 591 (P314003)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 591 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314003 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani]. Good [health to the king, my lord! The temples are] well, [the city of Calah is] well, [the queen] is well, [the slaves are] well. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | On the 17th [the god ...] emerged [from his temple] and saf[ely entered ...... |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—ba-ni] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ [DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | DI-⸢mu⸣ [a-na E₂.KUR-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | DI-⸢mu⸣ [a-na {uru}kal-ha] | |
| 6 | DI-mu [a-na MI₂—E₂.GAL] MI₂—E₂.GAL] | |
| 7 | DI-mu [a-na {lu₂v}QAL₃-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | UD 17-KAM₂\t {[d}x x x x] | |
| 9 | i-tu₂-ṣi [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina ša₂-⸢lim⸣-[te 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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