CT 53, 900 (P314309)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 900 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314309 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [Akkullanu]. Good heal[th to the king], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] ble[ss] the k[ing, my lord]! |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | The king, my lord, should have a look; let them remove what is to be removed, and add what is to be added. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | The king, my lord, would perhaps say: "Why did you not remind (me)?" |
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 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}[ak-kul-la-nu] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-[mu a-na LUGAL] | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 6 | lik-ru-[bu x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša [x x x x x x]-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1' | LUGAL be-li₂ le-mur | |
| 2' | ša na-ša₂-ri li-šur-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 3' | ša ra-ad-du-u | |
| 4' | lu-ra-ad-di-i-u | |
| 5' | is—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 6' | i-qab-bi ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 7' | la tu-šah-si-si | |
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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