CT 54, 466 (P236985)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 466 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236985 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] say [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] oppression [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | I am writing to my lord [... that] I have constantly seen. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | My lord should not say: "You should not say 'good' [...] after I (myself) have seen (it)." |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] to the gods of the king [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | his [li]fe does not [...] |
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 i]-qab-bu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-šu₂ tu-uk-[ku] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] a-⸢na ka⸣-a.a-ma-ni [o] | |
| 4 | [a]-na-ku a-mu-ru a-na be-li₂-ia [o] | |
| 5 | ⸢al⸣-tap-ra be-li₂ la i-qab-bu [o] | |
| 6 | ⸢um⸣-ma ⸢x ṭa⸣-bu ul-tu [x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-mu-⸢ru⸣ la ta-qab-bu [x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-na DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL [x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢TIN⸣-su ul tab-⸢ba⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣ a-na [x] ul [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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