CT 53, 846 (P314255)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 846 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314255 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] attaching |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] brick courses |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] of the temple of Marduk |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] they elevated |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... the carpenters |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] are open [...]s |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] brick courses |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] ... of the sanctuary on the terrace |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] has been overla[id with ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the [...] of the beams |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] are left over. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ṣa⸣-bat{at} | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ti-ik-pi | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-me-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ša E₂—{d}MES | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] u₂-se-li-u₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-ru {lu₂}NAGAR-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-tu₂ pa-tu-u₂-te šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ti-ik-pi | |
| 10' | [x x x x]-qar ša ⸢E₂ tam-le-e⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-a-⸢te⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ah-za-⸢at⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-pi ša {giš}UR₃-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x x x] re-e-hu | |
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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