CT 53, 896 (P314305)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 896 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314305 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | of the images [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | which is before [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | in the morn[ing ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | in the temple [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | they will plac[e ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | of/which the king [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | the magaz[ine ...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | in the house/temple [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Ti[......] (and) |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Sin-[......], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | brothers [of ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | On the 9th o[f ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | saying, "[NN] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | the priest [... t]o [NN] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | the temple steward [...] |
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' | lib-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša NU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | ša ina IGI [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina kal-la-[ma-ri x x x] | |
| 5' | ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | i-ša₂-ku-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 8' | ur-su-[tu₂ x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ina E₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}ti-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}30—[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | UD 09-KAM ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ma-a {1}{d}[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂}SANGA a-[na {1}x x x x] | |
| 7 | {lu₂}lah-hi-nu [x x x x] | |
| 8 | ma-⸢a⸣ 02 ⸢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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