CT 53, 686 (P314097)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 686 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314097 |
| 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' | [...... t]o them [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...]anni said to me: |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'– | "This Nergal-eṭir [...] is a Nabatean. [... pro]moted him to [...]. Afterwards [the ...s] came (and) repeatedly |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'– | [......] with [...] |
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⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂-nu [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-ni ⸢iq⸣-ṭi₂-bi-a [ma-a] | |
| 4' | {1}{⸢d⸣}U.GUR—KAR-ir an-ni-u [x x] | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}na-bat-a.a šu₂-u a-na [x x] | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢se⸣-la-šu₂ i—da\d-a-ti\t i—da\d-a-ti\t [x x] | |
| 7' | [i]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni\d 02-šu₂ 03-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x TA@v\m⸣ [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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