CT 54, 517 (P237326)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 517 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237326 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | against [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | like the Sea[land ...] they say |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Let him come and [......] between |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Bit-Yakin [...] Sîn-iddina |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the iron sword ... [... the god]s |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | the words of [......] |
| Obverse [8:14] o 9'9'– | And the king, [my lord, can be glad]! Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is your land?" The border lies in the Canal of the Delegates |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | be[tween ... Bit-Y]akin [...] |
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]-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]+⸢x⸣-ʾ-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-⸢na⸣ UGU-hi [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-i ša₂ KUR—tam-⸢tim⸣ [x x x x i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u₂ | |
| 5' | ⸢lil⸣-li-ka-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ bi-rit | |
| 6 | ⸢E₂⸣—{1}ia-a-ki-i-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x {1}{d}30—MU | |
| 7' | GIR₂ AN.BAR ⸢iš⸣-[x x x x x x x] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8' | da-ba-bu ša₂ [x x x x x x x x x]-aʾ | |
| 9' | ⸢u₃⸣ ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL [EN-ia lu-u₂ ṭa-a-bi min₃-de]-e-ma | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | LUGAL EN-a i-qab-bi um-ma mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 11 | ma-at-ka mi-ṣir ina UGU har-ri | |
| 12 | ša₂ qi₂-pa-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | bi-[rit E₂—{1}⸢ia⸣-a-ki-i-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢il⸣-[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⸣-di | |
| 4 | [x x 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]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x 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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