CT 54, 533 (P237391)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 533 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237391 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To [the chief eunuch, my lord]: your servant [NN]. May [Aššur], Šamaš and [Marduk] feel concern over the health of [my lord]! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [Concerning the order] which the chief eunu[ch gave to me] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [...] as [...] |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | If [it is agreeable] t[o the chief eunuch], my lord, [let the] messenger [of the chief eunuch], my lord, [come], (and) we shall do as [the chief eunuch], my lord, wri[tes us]. |
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 | a-na {[lu₂}GAL—SAG {[lu₂}GAL—SAG EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | {d}UTU ⸢u₃⸣ {[d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 4 | šu-lum ša₂ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | liš-ʾa-a-⸢lu⸣ [ina UGU] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [ṭe₃-mu] | |
| 7 | iš-kun-⸢an⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 8 | [x]+⸢x⸣ a-ki-[i ša₂ x x] | |
| 9 | [x]-hi ⸢E₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | ki-i ⸢pa⸣-[an {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 3' | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [mah-ru] | |
| 4' | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN [ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 5' | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [lil-li-ka] | |
| 6' | a-ki-i ⸢ša₂⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—SAG] {[lu₂}GAL—SAG] {[lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 7' | i-šap-⸢par⸣-[an-na-ši] | |
| 8' | ⸢ni-ip⸣-[pu-uš] | |
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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