CT 54, 501 (P237200)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237200 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 1'b.e. 1'– | Answer (m.) fo[r] hi[m] (and) for [yourself]! Are we to give you (m.) to drink without men? Are you (f.) my hummu? |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | [Y]ou are arguing a lawsuit against one of my servants. If my hummu is placed [un]der your (m.) feet and accordingly he is [a ...] of yours (m.), [he] will pull out [......] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [......] with me |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x] a-[na] UGU-⸢šu₂⸣ a-⸢pul UGU⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ a-ni-ni ša₂ la ERIM-MEŠ-i 0 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ka-a-ša₂ ni-ša₂-aq-qi₂ at-ti | |
| 2 | hum-ma-a di-nu it-ti 01-en ARAD-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 3 | ⸢ta⸣-dab-bu-ub ki-i hum-ma-a | |
| 4 | [a-na šu]-pal GIR₃.2-ka ša₂-kin-ma ŠA₃-bu-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-i-ka i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x i]-šal-lah₃ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] it-ti-ia₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x 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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