CT 53, 608 (P314020)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 608 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314020 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | to [......] perfor[m ......] |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | Let them send (word) [to ...], so we can [undertake] to perf[orm it]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | Furthermore, as to wh[at the king, my lord, ......] |
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'– | (b.e. 8') (Break) |
| Reverse [1:7] r 22–r 77 | [We will st]art [performing ...]; what is it th[at the king] my lord or[ders]? The 10th, 1[2th], 15th and [...th] (are) [suitable] fo[r ......] |
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] | |
| 2' | a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | e-pa-a-[še x x x x] | |
| 4' | liš-pu-ru [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ba-si nu-[ša₂-aṣ-bit] | |
| 6' | ne₂-⸢pu⸣-[uš] | |
| 7' | ⸢u₃ ša⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | re-e-šu₂ [ni-iš-ši x x] | |
| 3 | mi₃-i-nu ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 4 | be-li₂ i-⸢qab⸣-[bu-ni x] | |
| 5 | UD 10-KAM₂\t UD 11+[x-KAM₂\t] | |
| 6 | UD 15-KAM₂\t [UD x-KAM₂\t] | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-[na 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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