CT 53, 677 (P314088)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 677 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314088 |
| 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' | he is my [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...]ean(s) and Arazaean(s) |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] he is [...]. Send him |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] the army of [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] has de[parted fr]om there. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | (The situation) [is ve]ry [good]. Whatever [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the re[ar ......] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [......] barley [...] |
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]-⸢ia⸣ šu-u₂\m ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣.a {uru}a-ra-za-⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢šu⸣-u₂\m ⸢šu⸣-pur-šu [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢e⸣-mu-qi ša [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢TA⸣ ŠA₃-bi it-[tu-ṣi] | |
| 6' | [SIG₅-iq a]—⸢dan⸣-niš am—mar [x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ku-tal-⸢li⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] {še}PAD-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tu₂ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ta [x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ⸢pa lu⸣ [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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