CT 53, 806 (P314215)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 806 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314215 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] "[...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] ground to [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......]... against u[s ...] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | [......] after [...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 5'b.e. 5'–b.e. 6'6' | [... cam]e [and reported] as f[ollows]: "The cities [...] |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 7'7'– | [......] upon [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] fod[der] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] the exempts [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] "Naṣib-[ilu ...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [... W]hy [did] Nas[hur-Bel ...] |
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 x] ⸢ma⸣-a [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] kaq-qu-ru\m a-na\t [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ku ina ir\d-ti\t-⸢ni⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] da-ra\t-at [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [x x it-tal]-⸢ka⸣ ki-i ⸢an⸣-[ni-e] | |
| 6' | [iq-ṭi-bi ma-a] URU-MEŠ\m [x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ina UGU [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] {še}ki-⸢su⸣-[tu] | |
| 2 | [x x x x {lu₂v]}zak-ku-⸢u₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a {1}na-ṣib—[DINGIR x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-⸢i⸣-ni {1}⸢NIGIN⸣—[x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ni te ⸢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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