CT 53, 927 (P314336)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 927 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314336 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | seed corn [......] |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | Let the king, my lord, send (word) t[o the ......] arou[nd ......, that they ... to me] corn rations. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Th[is] year [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Be attenti[ve! ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | my lord [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | constantly [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | of Kar-[......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | the king [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] I have wr[itten to] the king, my lord [...] |
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] | |
| 2' | {še}NUMUN\d ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | LUGAL\d EN a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša\yd ba-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | liš\d-pur {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | MU.AN.NA an-[ni-tu₂ x x x] | |
| 7' | na-ah-hi-ri-[di x x x x] | |
| 8' | EN-ia li-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ka-a.a-ma-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša\ym {uru}kar—{d}[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | LUGAL ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣ LUGAL EN-ia a-⸢sap⸣-[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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