CT 54, 538 (P237401)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237401 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king of the lands, m[y] lord: [your servant ...]. May Nabû and [Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [I pray every] day [to Nergal] and L[aṣ for] the long [life, happiness, and good health] of the king of the uni[verse, my lord]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Now [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the day when [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | yo[ur] gods [...] |
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 LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-⸢ia⸣ [ARAD-ka {1}a-ša₂-re-du] | |
| 2 | {⸢d⸣}PA u₃ {d}[AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 3 | lik-ru-bu UD-⸢mu⸣-[us-su {d}U.GUR] | |
| 4 | u₃ {d}⸢la⸣-[aṣ a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | GID₂.DA UD-⸢me⸣ [ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi u ṭu-ub UZU] | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL kiš-[šat EN-ia u₂-ṣal-li] | |
| 7 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢en-na⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | UD-mu ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ [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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