CT 53, 617 (P314029)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 617 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314029 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | On the 11th of [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the whole [w]ork o[n ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... un]til the 20[th ...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] they s[aw ...]. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [Let them wr]ite [me what the king my lord's orders are]. |
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}x x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ina UD 11-KAM ša\yd {⸢iti⸣}[x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢dul₆⸣-lu gab-bu ⸢ša\yd⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x a]-⸢du⸣ UD 20-[KAM x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e-⸢tam⸣-[ru] | |
| 3 | [mi-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bu-u-ni liš]-pa-ru-[ni] | |
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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