CT 53, 933 (P314342)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 933 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314342 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1– | [Concerning] these [...]s which appeared in the eunuchs' wing, the chief eunuch said to me: "They said in the palace: Tell them [to pe]rform a ritual against them." |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [On the xth] we shall perform [the first part] of the ritual on them; on [the x]th day we shall perform the remainder of the ritual [on] the river bank. Let it be ordered that the clothes be given to us. |
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 | [ina UGU] ⸢ka-x⸣-[x]-⸢te⸣ šu-nu | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ ina E₂—ŠU.2 E₂—ŠU.2 ša {lu₂v}SAG-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢in⸣-na-me-ru-u₂-ni | |
| 4 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—SAG {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—SAG iq-ṭi-bi-a | |
| 5 | [ma]-a TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.GAL iq-ṭi-bi-u₂ | |
| 6 | [ma-a] qi-bi dul-la-šu-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | [le]-⸢pu⸣-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [UD x-KAM₂\t x]+⸢x⸣ dul-li | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢UGU-šu₂-nu⸣ ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | [UD x]-KAM₂\t ⸢re⸣-eh-ti dul-li | |
| 4 | [ina UGU] ⸢ID₂⸣ ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢ṭe₃-e⸣-mu liš-ku-nu | |
| 6 | [ku-zip]-⸢pi⸣ lid-di-nu-na-a-ši | |
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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