CT 53, 960 (P314369)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 960 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314369 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant] Ubru-Nabû. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Mardu]k [bl]ess the king, m[y] lord. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [When B]el-iqiša [went] to the cit[y of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] gods of the king |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... whi]ch in [his] mouth [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [I have se]nt |
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-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[d}PA u {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | [lik]-ru-bu | |
| 6 | [a-ki {1}⸢EN⸣—BA-ša₂ a-na {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 7 | [x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] bar | |
| 2' | [x x x] DINGIR-MEŠ LUGAL | |
| 3' | [x x x] an [x] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ ina pi-i-[šu₂] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 6' | [us-se]-⸢bi⸣-la [o] | |
| 7' | [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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