CT 53, 959 (P314368)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 959 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314368 |
| 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 [4:9] o 7'7'–o 11'11' | [May they grant] to the lord [of kings], my lord, happ[iness, physical well-being, long] days, and [everlasting] year[s]. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 12'12'– | 8 beam[s ...] which are in [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | saying: "[I/he] received (it/them). You will give the [...] to u[s]. Let them return to [...]." |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | The [...] of the cella of [... ] and the foundation o[f the cella] of Taš[metu ...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Wh[at ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (r 9') (Rest destroyed) |
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 | ||
| 3' | {d}[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | tu-⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ṭu-ub [ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ] | |
| 8' | UD-MEŠ [ar-ku-u-ti] | |
| 9' | MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ da-ra-a-ti] | |
| 10' | a-na EN [LUGAL-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | be-li₂-ia [lid-di-nu] | |
| 12' | 08 {giš}UR₃-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 13' | ša ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢a-na⸣ {giš}[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ma-a⸣ [x]-⸢ta-har⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ta-⸢da⸣-na-⸢na⸣-[a-ši] | |
| 3' | ma-a a-na pat-[x x x] | |
| 4' | li-tu-ru ma-[x x x] | |
| 5' | {e₂}pa-pa-hi [x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ URU₄ ⸢ša⸣ {[e₂}pa-pa-hi] | |
| 7' | ša {d}taš-[me-tum x x] | |
| 8' | mi-i-[nu x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | i-[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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