CT 54, 543 (P237420)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 543 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237420 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Good health t[o my brother]! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Come, and until [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | bring that silver [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | saying, “[......] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'– | he will send them to Kudurru and [NN ...]. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 5t.e. 5–t.e. 5t.e. 5 | And letters [...] |
| Top [1:3] t.e. 66– | you put down, and [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | Dutan[u ...... |
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 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-⸢na⸣ [ŠEŠ-ia] | |
| 2 | al-kam₂-ma a-di E₂ [x x x] | |
| 3 | KUG.UD šu-u₂ i-šam-ma [x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢um-ma x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na {1}NIG₂.GUB ⸢a-na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | i-šap-pa-raš-šu₂-nu-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 5 | u₃ šip-re-e-ti [x x x] | |
| 6 | ta-nam-da u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | {1}du-ta-⸢nu⸣ [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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