CT 53, 907 (P314316)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 907 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314316 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:6] o 55–o 99 | [x eld]ers accompanied by [x] mul[es], [x do]nkeys and [PN], the son of the (royal) delegate; |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | Five [...] 30 [...... have set out] from Til-Barsip on [the ...th of Nisan], crossed the river and left for [the Palace] to greet (the king). |
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 | ||
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x] {lu₂vy}AB.[BA-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | [x x] {anše}ku-[din-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢ANŠE⸣.NITA₂-[MEŠ] | |
| 8 | {1}⸢x x x⸣ DUMU {lu₂vy}⸢qe⸣-[e-pi] | |
| 9 | i-si-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 10 | 01 [...] 03 {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x] | |
| 11 | 04 [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | {1}[...] ⸢x⸣ im [x x] | |
| 13 | {1}[...] | |
| 14 | {1}[...] ⸢sar\p⸣ [x] | |
| 15 | {1}[...] | |
| 16 | {1}[...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 17 | {1}[...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 18 | {1}[x x x] ⸢EN⸣—[x]-an-ni | |
| 19 | {1}[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—[x] | |
| 20 | {1}[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 05 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 30 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina {⸢iti⸣}[BARAG UD x-KAM₂] | |
| 4 | TA@v\mp {uru}⸢til⸣-bar-si-[ba u₂-ta-me-šu₂] | |
| 5 | ID₂\t e-tab-ru-[ni] | |
| 6 | a-na\t DI-mu\p ina [E₂.GAL] | |
| 7 | DU-u₂\pm-[ni] | |
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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