CT 53, 890 (P314299)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 890 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314299 |
| 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' | The apprentic[es] are staying [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | large cuts of meat [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | tents [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | They ... [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | They are casting the [...] beasts, |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | they are refining the silver of the god [...], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | and they are doing the work of the ki[ng, my lord]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢di ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}di-da-⸢be₂⸣-[e x x x] | |
| 3' | kam-mu-su pu-[x x x] | |
| 4' | UZU-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 5' | ZA-ra-a-ti [x x x x] | |
| 6' | i-na-ah-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂-ma-ma-a-ni [x x x x] | |
| 8' | u₂-ša₂-⸢ra⸣-[qu x x] | |
| 9' | KUG.UD ša {⸢d⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-ma-⸢si⸣-[u x x x] | |
| 11' | dul-li ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 12' | e-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
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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