CT 53, 962 (P314371)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 962 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314371 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Šamaš, Mar[duk ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Nabû, D[N ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | in (the work) Enūma [......] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | You, O Šamaš, [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'–b.e. 6'b.e. 6' | the judgment [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Concerning the soldiers [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | just as [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | really, about [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | I said: "[......] |
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' | {⸢d}E₂.A⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {d}UTU {d}AMAR.[UTU x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {d}PA {d}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ŠA₃ e-nu-ma [x x x x] | |
| 5' | at-ta {d}UTU [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | di-i-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | an-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU {lu₂}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | a-ki-i ša₂ ⸢taq⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3 | ket-tu ina UGU [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | mu-uk ⸢la⸣-[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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