CT 53, 957 (P314366)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 957 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314366 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | to the ki[ng ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | in regard to the rite(s) [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | let this [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... o]f someo[ne/somethi[ng ...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | May [B]el (and) Nabû [bless the king], m[y lord]. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 99 | Nisan 15th day, [epo]nym year of Gabbaru. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | ina UGU par-ṣi ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | an-ni-tu lu-u ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x]-⸢ni⸣ [x] ⸢ša⸣ me-me-[ni x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢EN⸣ {[d]}PA [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 7' | [be]-⸢li₂-ia⸣ [lik-ru-bu] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | {iti}BARAG UD 15-KAM₂ | |
| 9 | [lim]-mu {1}gab-ba-ru | |
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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