CT 53, 690 (P314101)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 690 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314101 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] saying, "[......]" |
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⸣-šu₂-ni ma-a a-ta-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ša E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia ina kas-pi ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢i⸣-sa-par i-sa-kan it-⸢tal⸣-[ka x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ma-a [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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