CT 53, 950 (P314359)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 950 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314359 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [I] whole[heartedly] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [fear the ki]ng, my lord. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [N]ow, as [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [is de]ad, a war[d ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] befo[re ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] hear[t ... to] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [re]move him [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Yo[u] are a strong [kin]g. [A plan] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | which will succe[ed and] |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | encourag[e] the k[ing, my lord, ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ina gu-⸢mu⸣-ur-⸢ti⸣ [ŠA₃-bi a-na] | |
| 2' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia [a-pal-lah₃] | |
| 3' | [u₂]-ma-a a—ki-⸢ma⸣ a—ki-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [me-e]-te {lu₂}pi-⸢qi⸣-[tu x x] | |
| 5' | [re]-e-šu₂ ina pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x]-šu-bu lib-⸢bu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [ul]-lu-e-šu₂ i-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ dan-nu at-⸢ta⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9' | ša i-šal-li-[mu-u-ni] | |
| 10' | ŠA₃-bu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 11' | u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ka-[nu-ni x x] | |
| 12' | [x 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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