CT 53, 821 (P314230)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 821 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314230 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... the to]wn Rištea[na] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......]s answered |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Either] a 'mule-house man' |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [or] a 'qiqî-house man' |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | should come [t]o me |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... and water |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [in road st]ations |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] them |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... the Eu]phrates |
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] ša\p ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}riš-te-⸢a⸣-[na] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-MEŠ\t e-tap-lu | |
| 4' | [x x x {lu₂v]}ša—E₂—{anše}ku-din | |
| 5' | [x x x] {lu₂v}ša—E₂—qi-qi-i | |
| 6' | [ina UGU]-hi-ia lil-li\d-ka\y | |
| 7' | [x x x] kal u₃ A\d-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [ina E₂]—⸢mar⸣-di-a\d-te E₂]—⸢mar⸣-di-a\d-te | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu-u-ni\d | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢pu⸣-rat | |
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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