CT 53, 980 (P314389)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 980 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314389 |
| Museum no. | BM 099205 |
| 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/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the sheep offerings of the palace |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... the Da]is of Destinies |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... t]he high priest offers |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... up]on the lock |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] on the 19th day |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] they say accordingly |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ... Neberu |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] the stool |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] the priest |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [......]s, opening the ear |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... ris]es |
| Reverse [1:11] r 2'2'–r 11'11' | [......] is seated |
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] x x [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-a-bu 0 | |
| 3' | [x x x x] x {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ ša₂ E₂.GAL | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢BARAG⸣—ši-ma-te | |
| 5' | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}SANGA GAL-u u₂-qar-rab | |
| 6' | [x x x ina] UGU si-ga-ru | |
| 7' | [x x x x] x UD 19-KAM | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ pit-ti DUG₄-u | |
| 9' | [x x x x]-<a>-ri {d}ne₂-bir | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] {giš}kit-⸢tur⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-⸢ub⸣ {lu₂}SANGA | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] x-MEŠ BAD PI | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]-an | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x i]-⸢tab⸣-bi | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] x TUŠ-ab | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x]-bi | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]-an | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x] x-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x]-te | |
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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