CT 54, 532 (P237390)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 532 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237390 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1'1'– | May [...] give [the king of Assyria] and the king of Bab[ylon, my lords], lon[g] days, everlasting [years], h[appiness], and good health! May they rule Assyria and [the land of Akkad through] sta[ble] reigns, and may [they] make [the land] hap[py]! |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [I am] a servant who reveres the k[ings, my lords. I must not become estran]ged from the ki[ngs, my lords]. |
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' | UD-MEŠ GID₂.⸢DA⸣-[MEŠ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | da-ra-a-te ⸢ṭu⸣-[ub ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 3' | u₃ ṭu-ub UZU ⸢a⸣-[na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 4' | u₃ LUGAL KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki} EN-MEŠ-ia₂] | |
| 5' | lid-di-nu u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | BALA-MEŠ ⸢ku⸣-[un-nu-ti] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KUR—aš-šur{ki} ⸢u₃⸣ [KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 2 | li-bi-⸢lu⸣ u₃ [ŠA₃-bi KUR] | |
| 3 | lu-u₂-ṭi-⸢ib⸣-[bu a-na-ku] | |
| 4 | ARAD u pa-lih ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ EN-MEŠ-ia₂] | |
| 5 | la ŠA₃-bi ⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ EN-MEŠ-ia₂ la el-li] | |
| 6 | ⸢a-na⸣ [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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