CT 53, 640 (P314052)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 640 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314052 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Let the king, my lord, as[k ...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | If not, who would tell [...] in the king's presence? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] their wings [...] |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | Concerning the wall about which [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] not [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [th]e men [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [x] minas [......] |
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] | |
| 2' | LUGAL be-li₂ liš-[al x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-la-a man-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina IGI LUGAL liq-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | kap-pi-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina UGU BAD₃ ša\yd [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] hu bi [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] la a [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢MA⸣.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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