CT 54, 504 (P237205)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 504 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237205 |
| 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 [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Sivan (III) |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | the palace [supervis]or of the Succes[sion] Palace [ref]us[e]s to receive m[e]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | My brother [B]el-apla-iddin |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | is harvesting barley [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] I am afraid [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I will [not] go [...] |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] {⸢iti⸣}SIG₄ | |
| 3' | [o {lu₂}ša₂—pa]-⸢an⸣—E₂.GAL ša₂ E₂—re-⸢du⸣-[ti] | |
| 4' | [ul i]-⸢man-gur⸣ ul i-mah-ha-ra-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 5' | {1}⸢be⸣-li₂—A—id-di-ni ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-mi₃-iš {še}BAR iṣ-ṣi-id | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ pal-ha-ka ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x ul] ⸢al⸣-lak ⸢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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