CT 53, 916 (P314325)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 916 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314325 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The 27th of Ab (V): let him [libate] fine beer, the gods will be favorable. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | The 29th day: let him erect midribs of the date palm at his gate, he will prevail over his adversary. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] of Šakkan. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | ashar stone for daubing. |
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 | {iti}NE UD 27-KAM KAŠ.SAG [BAL-qi₂] | |
| 2 | DINGIR-MEŠ ŠE.GA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | UD 27-KAM₂\t zi-ne₂-e GIŠIMMAR ina KA₂-šu₂ liz-⸢qup⸣ | |
| 4 | UGU EN—INIM-šu₂ EN—INIM-šu₂ GUB-zu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] in {d}AMA.GAN.DU₃ | |
| 2 | {na₄}as-har ša₂ te-qi₂-ti | |
Sources & licences
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