CT 54, 461 (P236951)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 461 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236951 |
| 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 [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] between [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] set [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] and a mes[sage ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] Bit-Amukan[i ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] swear and [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] his [...] to the brothers [of ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] who from [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... K]unaya, who in presen[ce ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... Bit]-Amukani [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] their [...s] may become malevolent [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] their [...] and the famili[es of ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...... l]ambs and [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...) prep[ared] hi[m] for journey [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] and Bel-eṭir [......] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [... pla]ced them [in ...], saying: “[...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [......] in Bit-Amuk[ani ...] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | [... i]n the presence of 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] bi-rit ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] iš-ku-nu a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-ta-a-ma ši-⸢pir⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] E₂—{1}a-muk-a-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x i]-tam-mu-u₂ u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-šu₂ a-na ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ša₂ ul-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x {1}⸢ku⸣-na-a.a ša₂ ina pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x E₂—{1}a-muk-a-nu nu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-nu lil-mu-⸢nu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-nu u {lu₂}qin-na-[a-ti x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣-lu-me-e u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ KASKAL.2 a-na GIR₃.2-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]-⸢na⸣ u {1}{d}EN—ŠUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x il-ta]-kan-šu₂-nu-tu₂ um-[ma x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x] ša₂ ina E₂—{1}a-muk-[a-nu x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x i]-⸢na⸣ pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x 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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