CT 53, 905 (P314314)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 905 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314314 |
| 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' | [......] in the hands of m[y] friend |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'– | Concerning the killing of the men [who conspired with NN] and about whose killing he spoke [with the king], my [lord] — |
| Bottom [1:6] b.e. 6'6'– | [The ...s who] were sent [with] the letter [...] Asalluhi-ahu-uṣur, the priest of Bel [......], saying: "Capture [and ...] the[se ...]; the men [......]." |
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' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x di lu {lu₂v⸣}[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x ina⸣ ŠU.2 {lu₂v}EN—MUN-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂v}EN—MUN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ ina UGU du-a-ki ša ERIM-MEŠ [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-⸢du-u-ni⸣ u₃ ina UGU du-a-ki-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [x x x]-ia id-bu-bu-u-ni | |
| 6' | [x x x] e-gir₂-ti šap-ru-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x {1}{d]}ASAL.LU₂.HI—PAB—PAB {lu₂v}SANGA ša {d}EN ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x]-ni ma-a ṣab-ta ⸢x⸣+[x x]-⸢la⸣-ti an-⸢na⸣-[ti] | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x 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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