CT 53, 805 (P314214)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 805 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314214 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To [the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | On the 12t[h] day [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | of the king, my lord [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | as [......] |
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-u ⸢DI⸣-[mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | UD 12-⸢KAM⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\dm LUGAL EN [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ki-⸢i⸣ [x 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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