CT 53, 596 (P314008)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 596 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314008 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [are not c]ollecting th[eir] travel [prov]isions [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]... toge[ther ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [he sp]oke: "[...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] king's men [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [... the] son of Yaki[n ...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'– | [...] Da[...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] I said: "[...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] I said: "[...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] yo[ur hea]rt [......] |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | [Afte]r he has returned, [I shall wr]ite t[o the king, my lord, whatever n]ews there is. [......] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | [re-eš ZID₂].⸢DA\d⸣.KASKAL.2-MEŠ\m-šu₂-[nu x x x] | |
| 3' | [la i]-⸢na⸣-aš₂-ši-ʾu-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti\t a-ha-[x x x] | |
| 5' | [i]-⸢du⸣-bu\t-ub\d ma-[a x x] | |
| 6' | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM—MAN-MEŠ\m {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM—MAN-MEŠ\m [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x DUMU]—{1}ia-ki-[ni x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}da\d-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-tu-ma {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]-el u₂\m-sa-[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] mu-uk\dp [x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la\p ⸢UZU⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] mu-⸢uk\dp x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] bi ⸢ka\d⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-u-⸢ni al-x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [ki]-⸢ma⸣ i-su\t-uh-ra [mi-i-nu] | |
| 9 | [ša] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu-un\d-ni a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢šap⸣-par ⸢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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