CT 54, 498 (P237197)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 498 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237197 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | No[w, when Umitê ...], son of Haza-[il ...], and A'i[m... ...] marched against [...] and fell upon it [on the xth] of Marchesvan (VIII), saying: "[...]," |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | when [... from] among them e[scaped, by the de]stiny of the k[ing, my lord, ...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [Whe]n they cam[e ...], we i[nflicted] a [de]feat on them. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | And after they revolte[d, f]rom [those] days, [no] Qed[a]rites at [all have attacked] the city of the king, m[y] lord. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I will com[e and ...] |
| Reverse [8:12] r 9'9'–r 12'12' | the king sh[ould ...] |
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] | |
| 2' | ⸢en⸣-[na x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | DUMU {1}⸢ha-za-a⸣—[DINGIR x x x x] | |
| 4' | u {1}a-ʾi-⸢im⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x ki-i] | |
| 6' | il-li-ku-⸢u₂-ni⸣ [UD x-KAM₂] | |
| 7' | ša₂ {iti}APIN a-na ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [ki-i] | |
| 8' | im-qu-tu um-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-šu₂-nu ki-⸢i u₂⸣-[še-zi-bu] | |
| 10' | [ina] ⸢šim⸣-ti ⸢ša₂ LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂ x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ il-li-⸢ku⸣-[u₂-ni] | |
| 3' | ⸢di⸣-ik-ta-šu₂-nu ni-[id-duk] | |
| 4' | ⸢u⸣ ki-i ib-bal-ki-⸢tu⸣-[u₂-ni] | |
| 5' | ⸢ul⸣-tu ⸢UGU⸣ UD-MEŠ [ul-lu-ti] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}qi₂-⸢dar⸣-a.a ⸢ma⸣-la [ba-šu-u₂] | |
| 7' | URU ša₂ LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂ x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | al-la-⸢kam₂⸣-[ma x x x x x] | |
| 9' | LUGAL ⸢li⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša₂ {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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