CT 53, 870 (P314279)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 870 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314279 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | [May they keep] firm [the foundations of the r]oyal [throne of the king, my lord, until] far-off days! May happy [and good ne]ws day after da[y, month after mon]th, year after ye[ar] reach [the king], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [7:13] o 8'8'– | [Concerning the salves] and fumigants about which [I wrote] to [the king, my lord], ten [...] |
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' | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ [lu-šab-bi-u] | |
| 2' | [iš-di {giš}GU.ZA] ⸢šar⸣-ru-⸢ti⸣ [ša LUGAL] | |
| 3' | [EN-ia a-na] UD-me ṣa-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4' | [lu-ki-in]-nu UD-mu a-na UD-[me] | |
| 5' | [ITI a-na] ⸢ITI⸣ MU.AN.NA a-na ⸢MU⸣.[AN.NA] | |
| 6' | [pa-as-su]-rat ha-de-⸢e⸣ [du-un-qi] | |
| 7' | [a-na LUGAL EN]-ia₂ lu taq-ri-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 8' | [ina UGU nap-šal-a-ti] qut-PA ša₂ a-na [LUGAL] | |
| 9' | [EN-ia aš₂-pur-an]-ni 10 du ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-lu | |
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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