CT 53, 730 (P314140)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 730 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314140 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | which in [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | on account of it [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I wro[te ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | of the people [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Just as you trust [in ...], |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | I shall hold ba[ck ...] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | I app[ointed] an offi[cial ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | of ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:9] r 2'2'–r 9'9' | stored grain [......] |
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' | ⸢ša\ym⸣ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina UGU-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-sap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša\ym UN-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-ki ša\y [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ta\p-qi₂-pu\tp-[ni x x x] | |
| 7' | la-ak\d-⸢la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {lu₂vy}EN—pi-[qit-te {lu₂vy}EN—pi-[qit-te x x] | |
| 9' | ap-ti\t-[qid x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ap⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša\y ma-[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {šep}tab-⸢ki⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša\y⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢as\dp⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | i-[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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