CT 53, 745 (P314155)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 745 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314155 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [I have put the hands and] feet [of Na]bû-aša[red in irons and am herewith sending him to the ki]ng, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [New]s of the son of [Yakin: he is in Bab]ylon. |
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] ⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—SAG\t.[KAL x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] GIR₃.2-MEŠ\m [x x x] | |
| 4' | [ina UGU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ [u₂-se-bi-la-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [ṭe₃]-⸢mu⸣ ša\ydm DUMU—{1}ia-GIN] | |
| 6' | [ina KA₂].DINGIR{ki} [šu-u₂] | |
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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