CT 53, 628 (P314040)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 628 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314040 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... has been rec]eived, and we will enter (it); |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [there] are vessels of bronze [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] it is burnt red. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | We shall see [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 33–r 33 | [...] of bronze |
| Reverse [1:2] r 44–r 44 | [...] we have weighed. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 55–r 55 | [...] beams [......] |
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] ⸢an it⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x ma]-hi-ir nu-še-rib | |
| 3' | [x x i]-⸢ba⸣-ši UTUL₂-MEŠ\y URUDU | |
| 4' | [x x x] sa-a-mu šar-pu\p šu₂-u | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ne₂⸣-em-mar ra-ʾi-ni\d | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [x x x] ša\m me <$x x$> URUDU | |
| 4 | [x x x]-bi ni\d-ih-ti\t-[aṭ] | |
| 5 | [x x] {⸢giš⸣}UR₃-MEŠ\m ⸢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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