CT 53, 649 (P314061)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 649 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314061 |
| 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' | [......] their messenger |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] came [before m]e. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [I shall w]rite [to the king, my lord, ... whatev]er it is. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... Merodach]-Baladan |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] the king, my lord |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] speak |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] to do |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] us |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] their [w]atch |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... r]eport |
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] u₂\m ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x {lu₂v]}A—KIN-šu₂-nu {lu₂v]}A—KIN-šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x x ina pa-ni]-⸢ia⸣ it\d-tal-ku-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x mi-i-nu] ⸢ša⸣ ši-ti\t-ni\d | |
| 5' | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-šap]-pa-ra | |
| 6' | [x x x x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU]—A—AŠ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x i]-da-ba\t-bu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e-pa-si | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]-lu-na-ši | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ⸢EN⸣.NUN\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu | |
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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