OECT 09, 74 (P342411)
Letter, Hellenistic, Kish · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 74 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342411 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0170h |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
English translation
By McEwan, Gilbert J. P. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Letter of Nabu-naṣir, the paymaster [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | son of Bel-uṣuršu, to Balassu [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | son of Bel-kuṣuršu. 2 kurru [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | of dates from the dates [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | ... of the estimated yield of Du'uzu, 11th, Alexander (was) king. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | which is before you ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Bel-pani-X .... give! |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Kislimu, day x, 11th year ... |
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 | IM {m}{d}AG-KAD₂ {lu₂}EN ⸢min₃⸣-[di ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}{d}EN—URI₃-šu₂ a-na {m}DIN-[su ...] | |
| 3 | A {m}{d}EN—⸢ku⸣-ṣur-šu₂ 2 GUR [...] | |
| 4 | ZU₂.LUM.MA TA ZU₂.⸢LUM⸣.[MA ...] | |
| 5 | ZAG-LU ša₂ {iti}ŠU [MU 11-KAM₂ ...] | |
| 6 | {m}a-lik-sa-an-⸢dar⸣ [LUGAL ...] | |
| 7 | ša₂ ina IGI-ni-ka [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-IGI-x ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | i-din {⸢iti⸣}GAN ⸢U₄⸣ [x-KAM₂] | |
| 3 | MU 11-KAM₂ | |
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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