CT 53, 833 (P314242)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 833 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314242 |
| 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' | Now then [......] to [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | in the middle of the land of Sik[ris ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | We departed from there [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | We entered [...]. Paukku [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | was brought to meet us [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | He was running, saying: "[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | of Karkar[hundir] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | wooden wall [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | what[(ever) ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | we appointed [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | afr[aid ......] |
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' | ⸢an-nu-rig⸣ [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina qa-ab-si {kur}⸢si-ik⸣-[ri-is x (x)] | |
| 3' | TA\m ŠA₃-bi nu-ta-mi-⸢ši\d⸣ [x x x (x)] | |
| 4' | ne₂-tar-ba\t {1}pa-uk\d-⸢ku⸣ {[lu₂v}x x] | |
| 5' | ina ir\d-ti\d-ni na-a-ṣa [x x x] | |
| 6' | i-du-al ma-a du-[x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}kar-kar-[hu-un-dir] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢da⸣ e [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {giš}BAD₃\p ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | mi-i-nu [ša x x x x x] | |
| 5' | nu-pa-qid-[u-ni x x x x x] | |
| 6' | pal-⸢x⸣+[x x 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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