CT 54, 474 (P237026)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 474 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237026 |
| 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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Ma]r-Issar, saying: "The lette[r ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | "It is [the word of the ki]ng: 'On a campaign, me[n ...]' |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Would they kill [... in] my territory? [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | They have sent th[em h]ere [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [either] a guffa or a kelek [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Having f]allen [in ...], he escaped, and is sayi[ng ...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | [...] The king knows that a servant [...] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-za ⸢it-x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x {1}⸢DUMU⸣—{d}15 um-ma ši-pir-⸢ta⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [a-mat] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ši-i um-ma ina KASKAL.2 ERIM-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢A⸣.ŠA₃-ia i-duk-ku-u₂ {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [a-na a]-kan-na il-tap-ru-niš-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-[tu₂ x x] | |
| 7' | [lu-u] qu-pu lu-u ka-lak-ki ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [ki-i] ⸢in⸣-qu-tu₂ ul-te-zib i-qab-[bi x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL i-di⸣ ki-i ARAD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṣa ⸢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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