CT 54, 540 (P237414)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 540 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237414 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | whom Bel and N[abû ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the treaty [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | delivered [.....] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | into the presence of [the king, my lord] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [B]el [...] t[his] word: |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | "Yo[u ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | and into the pre[sence of ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [the e]nemy [...] |
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 ša₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ {d}EN u {⸢d}AG⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-de-e ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | id-di-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na pa-an [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {⸢d}EN⸣ a-mat ⸢an⸣-[ni-ti x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢um⸣-ma at-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢u₃⸣ a-na ⸢pa⸣-[an x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢nak⸣-ru [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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