CT 53, 607 (P314019)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 607 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314019 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1'b.e. 1'–b.e. 1'b.e. 1' | [Now then] my [messenger] is taking him [to the king] my lord's [presence]. Let him speak [be]fore the king, my lord, [whatever ...]. |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 2'2'–b.e. 2'2' | [...] his acquisition |
| Bottom [2:7] b.e. 3'3'– | [...] he has entrusted in my care |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] on account of it I [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [...] I shall return [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [an-nu-rig {lu₂v}A—KIN]-ia {lu₂v}A—KIN]-ia | |
| 2' | [ina IGI LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia na-ṣa-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x ina] ⸢pa⸣-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni\d lid-bu-ub\d | |
| 2 | [x x x]-⸢tum⸣ qi-ne₂\d-e-su | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pa-ni\d-ia ip-ti\t-qid | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u ina UGU-hi a-du-[x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] a-sa-hur a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x ra⸣ [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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