CT 53, 813 (P314222)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 813 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314222 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Aduni-[Ba'al] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... his] face |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] set |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] he is an [insur]gent |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Šarru-lu-dari son of Ru]kibtu |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... o]f Assyria |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] truly |
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 x x]-nu | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]-bi-ia [o] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x {1}a-du-ni—[ba-al] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa-ni-[šu₂] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x] iš-ku-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x EN—si]-i-hi EN—si]-i-hi šu₂-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x {1}ru]-ki-ib-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ KUR—aš-šur{[ki]} | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x] ket-tu₂ [o] | |
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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