CT 53, 856 (P314265)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 856 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314265 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] said: |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [.".. the I]tu'eans of the deputy |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] herdsman |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] scouts from [the pre]vious |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... have gone] to their garrison |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... who] give/gave people to you |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] of the house of Babû |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] ... the country [......] |
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 x x] ⸢iq-ṭi-bi⸣ | |
| 2' | [x {lu₂v}i]-⸢tu⸣-ʾa-a.a ša\d {lu₂v}02-e | |
| 3' | [x x x x] {lu₂}SIPA\m—sa-kul\y-la-te {lu₂}SIPA\m—sa-kul\y-la-te | |
| 4' | [x x x {lu₂v]}da-a.a-li\p TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi | |
| 5' | [x x x pa]-⸢ni⸣-u-te a-na EN.NUN\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ\m SUM\m-ka-nu-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ša\d E₂ {1}ba-bu\p-[u] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ bir KUR [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-a | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢da⸣-ni-šu | |
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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