CT 54, 452 (P236894)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236894 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | from Bit-[...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | as far as Bab-[Marrat ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | and the king has not [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Bit-Zabi[di ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Merodach-Bal[adan ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the king had [......] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | of Bit-Ša[k...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | to [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | of silver [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | of the tra[cks ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | and [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | they confirm [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | of the king [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | before [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | a[s ...] |
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] ia qa ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ul-tu E₂—[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-di KA₂—{⸢id₂⸣}[mar-rat x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ LUGAL ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | E₂—{1}za-bi-[di x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—[MU x x x x] | |
| 7' | LUGAL ul-te-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂ E₂—{1}⸢šak⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂ KUG.UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša₂ kib-⸢sa⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u₃ gi-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₂-ka-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ LUGAL ⸢it⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ki⸣-[i x x 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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