CT 53, 599 (P314011)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 599 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314011 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | gives his [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | harv[ests the f]ield [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Wh]en therein [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | that [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | in [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | as [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | let them be appointed [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | as relie[f ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [The ki]ng, my lord, wha[tever ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [he sa]ys [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] let [the king], my lord [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] the kin[g ...] |
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 ha⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢x⸣ im ⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ i-dan-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [A].ŠA₃ e-⸢ṣi⸣-[di x x x] | |
| 5' | [ki]-ma ina ŠA₃ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša\y ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina ⸢na⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | is [x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | lu-u paq-⸢du⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ki-i pa-ša₂-⸢hu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ mi₃-i-[nu x x x] | |
| 5 | [i]-⸢qa⸣-bu-u-ni\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x] be-⸢li₂⸣ li\d-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] li\d [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [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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