CT 54, 469 (P237020)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 469 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237020 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] their [...] status. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] I will consolidate their [privil]eged status, and [...]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | You, who are my protégés, will be exempt [by order of ...], my god. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [As to what] you wrote, “The men |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [of NN] and the offspring of Dummuqu |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... h]ave returned there,” you |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] the house of D[ummu]qu |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... W]hen you said, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | “I will give [the ...]s to the king,” |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] when |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] your fixed-time messenger |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [......] I have mobilized my forces [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...... in accor]dance with your promise |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...... I will d]o |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... ever]ything that you say |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [...... yo]ur [wor]ds |
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 x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-us | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x]-i | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-⸢us⸣-su-nu | |
| 5' | [x x x ki-din]-⸢nu⸣-ut-su-nu lu-uk-ṣur-ma | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ at-tu-nu ša₂ {lu₂}ki-di-ne₂-e | |
| 7' | [x x x] DINGIR-ia za-ka-tu-nu | |
| 8' | [ina UGU ša₂] taš-pu-ra um-ma ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [ša₂ x x] u₃ NUMUN ša₂ {1}du-um-mu-qu | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢ih⸣-hi-su-ni at-ta | |
| 11' | [x x x] E₂ ša₂ {1}⸢du⸣-[um-mu]-qu | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x ki]-i taq-ba-ni | |
| 3' | [um-ma x x x x] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ a-na LUGAL lud-din | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]-pu ki-i | |
| 5' | [x x x x x {lu₂]}⸢A—KIN {lu₂]}⸢A—KIN a⸣-dan-ni-ka | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂}e-mu-qi₂-ia | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ad⸣-ku-u₂-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x a-na] UGU pi-i-ka | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x lu-pu]-uš | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢mim⸣-ma ma-la ta-qab-bu-u | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x dib]-⸢bi-ka⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x]-ma | |
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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