CT 54, 485 (P237090)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 485 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237090 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...], but he did not speak with [us]. May the king do as he sees best. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 4'4'– | We are now on our way (there); we shall without delay (lit. 'without staying overnight') find out what news there is [and quickly] write [t]o the king, [our] lo[rd]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (As to) the order [which the king] g[ave us, under the pro]tection of the go[d(s) ...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] the Ba[bylonian(s) ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [t]o the city Ši[...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [a]s w[e ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [t]o [...] |
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-ma it-ti⸣-[ni] | |
| 2' | ul id-bu-ub ki-i [o] | |
| 3' | ša₂ LUGAL i-le-ʾu-u₂ [o] | |
| 4' | li-pu-uš u₃ a-du-[u₂] | |
| 5' | ni-i-ni ni-it-ta-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 6' | mi-nu-u₂ ṭe₃-e-mu [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [nu]-bat-ti ⸢ul⸣ [ni-bit] | |
| 2 | [ni]-⸢har⸣-ra-ṣa-[ma ha-an-ṭiš] | |
| 3 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-[li₂-ni] | |
| 4 | [ni]-šap-pa-[ra ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 5 | [ṭe]-e-ma ⸢iš⸣-[ku-na-na-šu₂] | |
| 6 | [ina] ⸢GIŠ⸣.MI ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 7 | [x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ {lu₂}⸢TIN⸣.[TIR{ki} x] | |
| 8 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {uru}ši-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9 | [ki]-i ni-i-[ni x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢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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