CT 54, 505 (P237207)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 505 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237207 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] to Zeru-ib[ni ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... ] Aššur to the king, [my] lord [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [As to what the king (my lord) wr]ote: "[...] for the new[s ...]" |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] When [the hear]t of the king, my lord, is [...], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] they will do [the king's work] and [...] to [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [As to what the king (my lord) wro]te: "[...] the women to [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Their eyes] are se[t] upon them" [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Their eyes] are set upon the king, my lord, (only) [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | (When) [... com]es, he will see (it), and the kin[g ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] my herald [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...], saying: "The words [...] |
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⸣ i-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] a-na {1}NUMUN—DU₃ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ aš-šur a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia₂ x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ša₂ LUGAL iš]-⸢pu⸣-ra um-ma a-na ṭe₃-[e-mi x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ki-i i-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ip-pu-šu₂-ma a-na [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [ša₂ LUGAL iš-pu]-ra um-ma MI₂-MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i]-na UGU-hi-ši-na šak-[nu x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ina UGU-hi] LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ šak-nu u [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [il-la]-⸢kam₂⸣-ma im-mar-ma ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]-⸢ti⸣ {lu₂}na-gi-ra-a [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢um⸣-ma dib-bu [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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