CT 53, 829 (P314238)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 829 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314238 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:15] o 2'2'– | The [troops] who a[rrived ...] and have been resid[ent] in [...] are loitering in the center of Calah with their riding horses like [...] common criminals and drunkards. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | What does my lord say? [Let my lord quickly send an answ]er to my letter! |
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' | šu-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂vy}[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša\m⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | im-[qu-tu-u-ni] | |
| 5' | ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x] | |
| 6' | kam-[mu-su-ni] | |
| 7' | a-ki ⸢ša⸣ [x x x]-di | |
| 8' | {lu₂vy}⸢LUL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | {lu₂vy}ša₂-ki-ru-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {anše}pet-hal-lu | |
| 2 | i-si-šu-nu | |
| 3 | ina qab-si {uru}kal-hi | |
| 4 | i-du-u-lu | |
| 5 | mi-nu ša\m be-li₂ | |
| 6 | i-qa\d-bu-u-ni\d | |
| 7 | [gab-ru]-u₂\m ša\m e-gir-te | |
| 8 | [be-li₂ ar₂-hiš liš-pu-ra] | |
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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