CT 53, 909 (P314318)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 909 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314318 |
| 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' | [...] their [mess]engers [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] as follows [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] meat ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | We did not see. The work about which [...] issued [an order] to us [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | As much as we did not [......] |
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] ⸢pur⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ra-ni-i-šu₂-nu [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-tu ki-i an-ni-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-a UZU bar ru ud ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢la⸣ ne₂-mur dul-lu ša ⸢x⸣+[x x ṭe₃-mu] | |
| 6' | iš-ku-na-an-na-ši-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | am—⸢mar la ni⸣-[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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