CT 53, 949 (P314358)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 949 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314358 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | [May DN ... the ...] of all the four quarters to the yoke of the king, my lord! [May he gi]ve [to the king, my lord], old age, [extreme old age, h]appiness, [......]! |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | I will [arr]ay the [... horse]s trained to the yoke [wh]ich have arrived. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] 578 horses trained to the y[oke], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [x] cav[alry] mounts: |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [a total of 6]06+ horses. [xth] day. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... t]own of ...[...] |
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' | ša ⸢kip-pat er-bet-ti⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢a-na⸣ ni-i-ri LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3' | [x x x] ši-bu-u₂-tu | |
| 4' | [lit-tu-tu] ⸢hu⸣-ud ŠA₃-bi | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-tu | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x lid]-⸢din⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša ni-⸢i⸣-[ri x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ il-li-ku-u-ni la-[as]-⸢dir⸣ | |
| 3' | [o] 05 me 78 KUR-MEŠ ša ⸢ni⸣-[i-ri] | |
| 4' | [x x] KUR BAD-[HAL-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | [x-me-x]-06 KUR-MEŠ UD [x-KAM] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] {⸢uru}du⸣-[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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