CT 54, 512 (P237278)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 512 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237278 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'– | When [...] appeared [...], I said to him: "If you [kill and] eat it, I shall notify the king." |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [Now then] Sin-ereš has struck down the lion which the cow gave birth to and eaten it. None of his associates [knows about it]; he has killed the farmer and the scribe, saying: "Maybe [...] will give you on my behalf; [they may] testify for me in the presence of the king." |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Now then the servants of Sin-ereš who saw it with their own eyes are standing by; let them testify and speak to the king. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [A ri]tual, be it [by] an exorcist of Sin-ereš [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] does not [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [... o]f Nabû-aha-ereš [......] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | Perhaps [......] |
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 x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | me [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x-da⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x-har-šu₂⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ši x x x x-šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i in-nam-ma-ru | |
| 12' | [x x x x x iq]-⸢ta⸣-ba-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma ⸢ki⸣-i | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ ta-ta-kal-u₂-šu₂ LUGAL ⸢u₂-man-di⸣ | |
| 2 | [a-du-u₂] ⸢UR⸣.MAH ša₂ AB₂ tu-li-du {1}{d}30—APIN | |
| 3 | [ki-i u₂]-kam₂-me-ru i-ta-kal mam-ma it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [ul i-di] {lu₂}ENGAR u {lu₂}DUB.SAR id-duk um-ma min₃-de-e-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | {[lu₂]}⸢KUR₂⸣-ka ina UGU-ia i-nam-dak-ku-nu ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 6 | ⸢x x x⸣-kan-nu-in-ni a-du-⸢u₂ ARAD⸣-ME ša₂ {1}{d}30—APIN ša₂ ina IGI.2-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | i-mu-ru u₂-šu-uz-zu lu-kin-nu-ma a-na LUGAL liq-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 8 | ⸢dul⸣-lu lu {⸢lu₂⸣}MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ {1}{d}30—⸢APIN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la i-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}AG—ŠEŠ—⸢KAM₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | min₃-de-e-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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