CT 53, 731 (P314141)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 731 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314141 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [May Nabû], Mard[uk], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [and DNN bless the king], my lord. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [May they ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... to the king], my [lo]rd, |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'–o 9'9' | [...... t]o your seed |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... the U]rarṭian |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... do n]ot touch |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... t]o your fathers |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] in your time |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] at your feet |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | [......] give to you |
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 {d}PA] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x a-na LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 3' | [lik-ru-bu x x x x]-a-ri | |
| 4' | [x x x x x LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mu | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ NUMUN-ka | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x {kur]}⸢URI⸣-a.a | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢be₂⸣-e-tu₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢la⸣-pu-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x a]-na AD-MEŠ-ka | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-ia ina ti-ir-ṣi-ka | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] ina GIR₃.2-MEŠ-ka | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-da-nu-ni-ka | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
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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