CT 53, 953 (P314362)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 953 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314362 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [The king's word] to the city lord[s of Ba]šimu: [I am well]; you [can be glad]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...... like] this |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... ab]out fleeing |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] give(n) |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | [......] in Babylon |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] on the 30th ... |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [......] yourself |
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 | [a-bat LUGAL a]-na {lu₂}GAL—⸢URU⸣-[MEŠ] {lu₂}GAL—⸢URU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [ša {uru}ba]-ši-mu | |
| 3 | [DI-mu ia-ši ŠA₃]-ba-ku-nu | |
| 4 | [lu DUG₃.GA-ku-nu a-ki] an-ni-e | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] ⸢ki x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ha-la-qi₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ SUM-nu | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-ma | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ina KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]-⸢i⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x UD] 30-⸢KAM₂⸣ KID-ma | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ra⸣-man-ku-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]-si-ir | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-di-⸢qi⸣ | |
| 5' | [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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