CT 54, 509 (P237273)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 509 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237273 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...... the dele]gate [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [yo]ur [...] greatly in [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | that [...] is not brought out, nor [...ed]. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | How has he [destroyed] your lives! He hates all that you were re[joicing about] and exerted yourselves for. You are now making an unworthy name for y[ourselves]. Whatever h[appened]? You are nothing, nothing. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [Now t]hat [word] which melte[d down and ...], but (which) I know, may it be placed on top of [your] na[me]! |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1111–r 1515 | Just swear to that word wh[ich] is said [in the treaty], go o[ff, and] you will see its goodness. Under [my] protec[tion, yo[u will] now attain all] that you have been exerting yourselves for [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | *CT 54 509 |
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 {lu₂}qi₂]-⸢i⸣-pi [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x-ku]-⸢nu⸣ ma-aʾ-diš ina [x x] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ ul-li-te la šu-ṣa la ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | [ak]-⸢ka⸣-ʾi-i šu-u ZI-MEŠ-ku-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[hal-liq] | |
| 5 | [i]-za-ʾe-e-ra kal ša₂ ta-ri-[ša₂] | |
| 6 | ⸢ta⸣-ad-lip-a-ma en-na MU la MU ⸢ra⸣-[man-gu-nu] | |
| 7 | ⸢ta⸣-šak-ka-na mi-nam-ma in-[ne₂-pi-iš] | |
| 8 | ⸢at⸣-tu-nu ia-aʾ-nu ia-aʾ-⸢nu⸣ [en-na a-mat] | |
| 9 | ⸢ul⸣-li-ti ša₂ ta-aṣ-ṣu-⸢da⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [u] ana-ku i-du-u ši-i ina UGU ⸢MU⸣-[ku-nu] | |
| 11 | lu-u šak-nat a-mat ul-li-tu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ [ina ŠA₃ a-de-e] | |
| 12 | qa-ba-a ta-ta-ma ta-⸢tal⸣-[li-ka] | |
| 13 | du-muq-ša₂ ta-mar en-na at-⸢tu⸣-[nu x x x] | |
| 14 | ša₂ ta-dal-li-pa ina GIŠ.⸢MI⸣-[ia x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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