CT 53, 868 (P314277)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 868 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314277 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1'1'– | [...] Sagab has made ready his sheep, the audience gift, saying: “I’ll depart on the 6th day.” [The d]ay when [he en]ters the town Alakasliš, [I’ll wr]ite to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | He has smeared [...] the king; his ...[...] |
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] UDU-MEŠ-šu₂ na-⸢mur-tu₂⸣ | |
| 2' | {1}sa-gab u₂-ša₂-ṣa-bat | |
| 3' | ⸢ma⸣-a UD 06-KAM₂ u₂-na-ma-ša | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | [UD]-mu ša ina {uru}a-la-kas-liš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e]-⸢rab⸣-ni ⸢UGU⸣ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 2 | [a-ša₂]-⸢pa⸣-ra i-si-⸢al⸣ LUGAL | |
| 3 | [x x x] is ⸢x-nu⸣ [x]-pa-tu₂-šu₂ | |
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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