CT 54, 451 (P236892)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 451 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236892 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1'b.e. 1'– | [...] and at Der greatly [...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] And when they removed our writing-boards, they brought (them) to Merodach-Baladan. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | And they themselves have verily destroy[ed] (them) on the shore. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | They lie [encamped] at Dur-Ladini. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] in their battle equipment |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] they do not eat bread |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] they have contracted [...], have not rested. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [The warriors of the ki]ng, my lord, have pains in their legs. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] they are building [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] their eyes have become dark |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] and the decision |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...... May ...] come and |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [......] you said to me |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [......] and |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...... the ki]ng |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x]+x u ina BAD₃.DINGIR{ki} dan-ni-⸢iš⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] u₃ {giš}DA-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ [ki-i x x] | |
| 2 | [u₂-še]-ṣu-nu a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—⸢SUM-na⸣ | |
| 3 | [ul-te]-bi-lu u₃ šu₂-nu ina kap-pi u₂-qat-⸢tu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 4 | [ma-dak-tu₂] i-na UGU BAD₃—{1}la-di-nu na-du-u₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x] i-na ri-kis qab-li-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [x x x x]-⸢ra⸣ NINDA.HI.A ul ik-ka-lu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] iṣ-ṣab-tu ul i-nu-hu | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ kam-ṣe-e-ti mar-⸢ṣu⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x i]-⸢ban⸣-nu-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x] IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ad-ru | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x] u₃ EŠ.BAR | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x lil]-⸢lik⸣-kam₂-ma | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ taq-ba-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ma | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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