CT 53, 685 (P314096)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 685 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314096 |
| 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' | [......] Ennet-Aššur |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] "corn rations |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... c]amels |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...... the ki]ng |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] Why should I |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [......] You should |
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 x] ⸢en⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] {1}en-nit—⸢aš-šur⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a {še}PAD-MEŠ\m | |
| 4' | [x x x x] {⸢anše⸣}gam-mal-MEŠ\m | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]-ni | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ṣur ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-ta-a a-na-ku | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] lu at-tu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [x 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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