CT 53, 722 (P314132)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 722 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314132 |
| 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/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... of the l]and of Que [...], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] the elders [...], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... of the land] of Que [...], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [x+]100 si[lver] bowls [...], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... c]hief [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Total: x] talents 20 mi[nas silver ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] Yaman [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...] the Moabite [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] headmen [..., |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [... the town of] Ekron [......]. |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}02 [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] {⸢kur⸣}qu-u-⸢e⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}AB.BA\t-MEŠ\m [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x {kur]}qu-u-⸢e⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-me kap-pi ⸢KUG⸣.[UD x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢GAL x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢GU₂⸣.UN 20 MA.[NA x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ia-⸢man⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] za nu hi [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ma-ʾa-ba-[a.a] | |
| 12' | [x x x] [x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x] {lu₂v}SAG.⸢DU⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 14' | [x x {uru]}⸢an⸣-qar-u-na [x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x] ud ⸢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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