CT 53, 656 (P314068)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 656 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314068 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | until [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the king, [my] lord, [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | to Me[......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | fil[led ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | you have pacified [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | as far as [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | all [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | to Assyr[ia ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | the news [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | the watch [......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | from [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'–b.e. 12'b.e. 12' | to Assyr[ia ......] |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 13'13'– | I will g[o ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 88–r 88 | to the city [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 99–r 1010 | the king, [my] lo[rd ......] |
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' | ⸢a-du⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL EN-[ia x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na\dt {kur}me-[ṣa-a.a x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂-ma-⸢al⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | tu\t-sa-lim [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-du ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | gab-bi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-⸢na\dtm⸣ KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ṭe₃-ma-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | EN.NUN [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | TA@v\m [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | a-na\dt KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | la-al\d-⸢lik⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 7 | e-⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na\dt {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x 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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