CT 53, 636 (P314048)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 636 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314048 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | oxen, sh[eep and ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | on my side [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | living there [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | in your district [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | "Should it be the wish of [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | to bring [......], |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'–b.e. 8'b.e. 8' | let [me send] troops [......], |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 9'9'–b.e. 9'9' | all their days [......]." |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 10'10'– | Th[ese] troops of yours |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | which [......] on my side |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | oxen, sheep and [......], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | should have collected [......] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | and brought to me [......] |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | GUD-MEŠ ⸢UDU⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 3' | in₆-ni\d-du-u₂\m-[a in₆-ni\d-du-u₂\m-[a x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ŠA₃-bi kam-mu-⸢su⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃ na\t-gi-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ma-a lu ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-na u₂\m-ba-a-⸢li⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | {lu₂vd}e-mu-qi lu [x x x] | |
| 9' | am—mar UD-me-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | {lu₂vd}e-mu-qi-ka ha-[an-nu-te] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša\d in₆-ni-du-u₂\m-a in₆-ni-du-u₂\m-a a-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | GUD-MEŠ UDU-MEŠ u₃ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu ik-ri-ku-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | lu na-ṣu-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | an-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | i-su-[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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