CT 54, 492 (P237119)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 492 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237119 |
| 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/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [The dream which] Assurbanipa[l, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... in the month] Tishri (VII) of [this] ye[ar ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] saw [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] Šamaš [......] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [...... Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case], by the com[mand of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? |
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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL]-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-⸢ka⸣ [an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [MAŠ₂.MI ša₂] {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.[UŠ DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | [x x x x {iti]}DU₆ ša₂ MU.[AN.NA x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] i-mu-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] {d}UTU [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] i-na ⸢KA⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢TUKU⸣ [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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