CT 53, 977 (P314386)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 977 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314386 |
| Museum no. | BM 099092 |
| 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 1'1'–o 5'5' | [...]s [...] have been plotting [against] me. [I t]old (this) truthfully, and you understood that they have (also) been plotting to kill you. What (else) should I write to you? |
| Obverse [5:13] o 6'6'–o 13'13' | You know (that) [...] has stood [...] (and that) [...] is [in] my [pre]sence. Why [...] ... [...]? |
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] ⸢x⸣ [x x]-MEŠ\m-ni is [x x] ⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia id-du-ub-bu ina ke-ti\t-ia | |
| 3' | [aq]-ṭi-bi at-ta-a-ma tah\p-ti\t-ik\d-im | |
| 4' | ša\m ina UGU du-a-ki-i-ka id-bu-bu-ni\d | |
| 5' | a-na-ku mi₃-i-nu la-aš₂-pu-⸢rak⸣-ka | |
| 6' | at-ta tu-ud-da\d [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | it-ti\t-it-zi u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣-ia i-ba-aš₂-ši a-ta-a ⸢ka⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢TA⸣ IGI-⸢ia⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-me-du tu₂ da\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ ʾa [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] a-na mi-[i-ni x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ la a-na ka-[x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x] az [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x] i [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x] i [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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