CT 54, 448 (P236876)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 448 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236876 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | [No]w then my forces have co[me and] assembled, and [stand] before [...]. It will not (take) more than a month that they [will get] there. [W]hen they co[me] to your presence, [rem]ember to write to me [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | (Erased line) |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [When my for]ces came, they did [not] let you [...]; and all that [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] truth according to [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] Your words should not go up [...] |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | Do not let [the ...] be caught, [they have gu]arded [...], (and) do not [disband] your company [until] my [for]ces arrive. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ E₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢du⸣-u₂ {lu₂}e-mu-qi₂-⸢ia it⸣-[tal-ku-ni] | |
| 3 | ⸢ip⸣-pah-ru u₃ i-na pa-an [x x x šu-nu] | |
| 4 | [la] ITI u₃ UD-mu ša₂ i-na ŠA₃-bi [i-kaš-ša₂-du] | |
| 5 | [a]—⸢ki⸣-ma [a]—⸢ki⸣-ma a-na pa-ni-ka il-⸢la⸣-[ku-ni x x] | |
| 6 | [hu]-⸢us⸣-sa-am-ma šup-ra ina [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [ki-ma e]-⸢mu⸣-qi₂-ia it-tal-ku-ni [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [la] ⸢i⸣-di-nu-nik u₃ ma-la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x] ⸢x⸣ kit-ta ki-i pi-i ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] dib-bi-ka la il-lu-[u₂ x x x] | |
| 12 | [a-na] ṣa-ba-a-ti la ta-⸢nam⸣-[din x x x] | |
| 13 | [it-ta]-aṣ-ru ki-ṣir-ku-nu la [x x x x] | |
| 14 | [a-di e]-⸢mu⸣-qi₂-ia i-kaš-ša₂-du [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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