CT 53, 883 (P314292)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 883 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314292 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | I have ...[......] |
| Obverse [1:13] o 2'2'– | Concerning what the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote to me]: "Let the pr[elate and the ...] of Sippar co[me into your presence], and let [them] sp[eak ...]" — he has come once [... but] his brother did not [come] with him. He spoke [with me]: "Let me go [to the Palace ......, and let him go (there)] on [his] o[wn]." |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | Now then [I am sending him] to the king, [my] lo[rd, in charge of my messenger]. Let [the king, my lord] speak [with him ...] |
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' | ap-⸢ta⸣-ʾa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\dm LUGAL be-[li₂ iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 3' | ma-a {lu₂v}⸢ŠA₃⸣.[TAM x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša\dm {uru}sip-[par x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | ma-a lil-[li-ku-u-ni x x x] | |
| 6' | lid-[bu-bu x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-la it\d-tal-[ka x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢liš⸣-šu i-si-šu₂ la-⸢a⸣ [il-li-ka x x x] | |
| 3 | id-du-bu-[ub ma-a x x x x] | |
| 4 | la-al-li\tp-[ki x x x x x] | |
| 5 | šu-u ki-i ⸢ra⸣-[mi₃-ni-šu₂ lil-lik] | |
| 6 | an-nu-rig [ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia] {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia] | |
| 7 | ina IGI LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia u₂-se-bi-la-šu₂ x x] | |
| 8 | lid-bu-bu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] ru\d [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ma ⸢ri⸣ [x x 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
- 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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