CT 53, 859 (P314268)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 859 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314268 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | "If the 1st day [is ...], we shall get there and fetch it together." |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Now, what are the king my lord's instructions? |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u ⸢a-ta⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]-⸢bil⸣ ma-a šum₂\p-ma UD 01-⸢KAM₂ e⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [ma-a] ⸢ki⸣-i a-he\p-iš ni-qar\p-ri-ib | |
| 4' | [ni]-mat-ta-ah u₂-ma-a | |
| 5' | mi-i-nu ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bu-u-[ni] | |
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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