CT 53, 832 (P314241)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 832 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314241 |
| 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' | [...] ... in [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] throw [...] |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | [Now th]en I am sending him [to the king, my lord], in char[ge of my messenger]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... about which the k]ing, my lord, w[rote to me], |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] I entru[sted] the work |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [...] I [...] the work |
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] {⸢lu₂v}x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] šu-u ina KAB kal [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]-⸢kar⸣-ra-ar₂\m-u-ni [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [an]-nu-rig ina ⸢ŠU⸣.2 x x x x] | |
| 5' | [u₂]-se-bi-la-šu\d [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ʾa [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-su\t-nu ⸢uk\p⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ bi-is a ⸢x⸣ e [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-me lu-⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ dul₆\m-lu ap-⸢qi₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x a]-na-ku dul₆-⸢lu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x ni⸣ [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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