CT 53, 676 (P314087)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 676 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314087 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [As t]o Nabû-[......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] his messenger [..., saying]: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "What [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The royal bodygu[ard ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | "In the ci[ty ......] |
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] ⸢al⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {1}{d}PA—⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—šip-ri-šu₂ {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—šip-ri-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [ma] a.⸢a⸣-ʾu [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢TA x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢la⸣ ir-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂vy}qur-⸢bu⸣-[tu₂] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ma⸣-a ina ŠA₃-bi {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x]+⸢x⸣ qa\d te [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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