CT 53, 652 (P314064)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 652 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314064 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant PN]. May [the gods of] heaven bless [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [...... the k]ing, my lord |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] my [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x DINGIR-MEŠ ša] AN-e | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-hi pa-an | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia | |
| 2' | [x x x] mu [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢a x⸣+[x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-ni | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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