CT 53, 876 (P314285)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 876 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314285 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | When [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | saying: "How many [have you sold] for [silver]? [These are] sheep of [...]." |
| Reverse [4:12] r 5'5'–r 12'12' | The shepherds of regular sheep-offerings told them a[s follows]: "We have not sold [a single sheep] for silver, (nor) [...] from [...]. In truth, we supply (sheep) of our own as food for Bel. This [year], either the [...] sheep or the tamītu-sheep which were presented t[o the ... o]f Bel [...]." |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Concerning the ox which [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [... we shall] perform [......] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] ox [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] Since he has not brought it [...] |
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' | ni-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | is-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | di-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | be₂-et ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a ki ma-ṣi ina ŠA₃ [KUG.UD ta-di-na] | |
| 4' | ma-a UDU-MEŠ-im-ma ša [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}SIPA da-ri-i ⸢ki⸣-[i an-ni-i x x] | |
| 6' | iq-ṭi-bu-ni-šu₂-nu ma-[a UDU me-me-ni] | |
| 7' | ina ŠA₃ KUG.UD la ni-din ma-a TA [x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma-a ket-tu a-ni-nu ša ⸢ra⸣-[me-ni-ni] | |
| 9' | a-na {d}EN nu-ša₂-kal ma-a [ina MU.AN.NA] | |
| 10' | an-ni-te šum-ma UDU [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢šum⸣-ma ta-mi₃-tum ša a-[na x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢ša⸣ {d}EN qur-ba-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ GUD.NITA₂ ša [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x ne₂]-pa-aš₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x]-ma ⸢GUD⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i la na-ṣa-an-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
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
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