CT 53, 751 (P314161)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 751 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314161 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | Good [health to the king, my lord]! May Bel, N[abû and ...] keep [the king, my lord], al[ive] forever. May he live lon[ger than ...]. May [......] p[ure ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | We [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | in [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | a ri[tual ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | we [performed ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | t[o .......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | to P[N ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | in [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | he [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | I [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | somebody [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | some[body ......] |
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' | ⸢lu⸣ [DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2' | {d}EN {d}[PA x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na ⸢du⸣-[ur UD-me a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4' | lu-⸢bal⸣-[li-ṭu x x x x x] | |
| 5' | lu-⸢par⸣-[šim x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | lu-⸢bi⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢el⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ni-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ri [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢dul⸣-[lu x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ne₂-[ta-pa-aš₂ x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-na {1}⸢bi⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ir-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-na-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | me-me-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | me-⸢me⸣-[ni 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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