CT 53, 873 (P314282)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 873 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314282 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [.......] governor |
| Obverse [2:6] 3'3'–6'6' | [.......] Arpad |
| Obverse [6:8] 7'7'–8'8' | [.......] minas |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [.......]-Aššur |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'– | [...... gove]rnor |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...... Nabû]-bel-ukin |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] iškāru dues |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [......] palace |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [......] settled them |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] my lord knows |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] the magnates |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [......] year |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢šu⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 3' | [x x x {uru]}⸢ar₂⸣-pad-da | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ad | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢nu⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] MA.NA | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ud | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]—aš-šur | |
| 10' | [x x x x {lu₂v}EN].⸢NAM⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x {1}{d}PA]—⸢EN⸣—GIN | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] iš\t-QAR-MEŠ\m | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] E₂\d.GAL | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-da-mur | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]-⸢i⸣-du | |
| 6 | [x x x x u₂]-⸢se⸣-šib-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-ab-at | |
| 8 | [x x x x be]-⸢li₂⸣ u₂\m-da | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] ⸢re⸣-še | |
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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