CT 53, 954 (P314363)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 954 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314363 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [......] is there [...]? [...] months |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... W]hen did he sit [...]? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] ... he committed a crime |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... h]e commits (a crime) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] which he has done |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... the ...] of the king, my lord, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...... go]es down. The king [has ...] to his servant [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] they [s]hould return |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...... w]hat [......] |
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⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] i-ba-aš₂-⸢ši-i⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ITI-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]-ma-ti u₂-ši-ib | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]-⸢am⸣-ma hi-iṭ-ṭu ih-ṭi | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-ha-aṭ-ṭi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] ša e-pu-uš-u-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-⸢tu⸣ ša MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-rad LUGAL a-na ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-sa-hi-ru | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢mi⸣-i-nu | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-bi-ia | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-me | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-u-ni-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-bat | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x] šu-u | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ia⸣ | |
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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