CT 53, 729 (P314139)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 729 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314139 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] is bringing |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...... on the ...th] day |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] Šabirešu |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... ente]red |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be]-⸢li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x] a | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] še | |
| 6 | [x x x x x u₂]-ba-la-ni\d | |
| 7 | [x x x x UD x]-KAM₂\t | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] {uru}ša₂-bi-⸢ri-šu₂⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]-⸢zu\t⸣ | |
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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