CT 53, 975 (P314384)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 975 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314384 |
| Museum no. | BM 134815 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... are e]atin[g ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] whatever [st]raw there is [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] lift your eyes [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Nabû-belu-ka''in [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... y]ou (pl.) and he [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [...] ... in [...] |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 7'b.e. 7'– | [... the] scholars [...] |
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 ek]-ka-lu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 2' | [x {še]}⸢IN⸣.NU-MEŠ\m am—mar ša [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢IGI⸣.2-ka mu-tu-uh [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] {1}{d}PA—EN—GIN-in\p ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢at⸣-tu-nu šu-tu [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni-tu ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | [x x {lu₂]}um-ma-ni [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ kur [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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