CT 54, 544 (P237421)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 544 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237421 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [Bel and] Nabû, who [give long] days, [..., happi]ness, (and) good h[ealth to the king, my lord, will ...] what[ev]er the kin[g ...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [May h]e [re]move the[m ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] blood [......] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [...] field [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... p]eop[le ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] to the fath[er ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...]anni, son of [NN], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the singer whom the king [......], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [has] without the king's consent [...] upon his house |
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 x] ⸢x šu-u₂ x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {[d}EN u] {⸢d⸣}AG ša₂ UD-MEŠ [ar₂-ku-ti x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ṭu-ub] ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub ⸢UZU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢mim⸣-mu ma-la ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [lu]-ne₂-si-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢x da⸣-mu u₂-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]-⸢da-ak⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ A.ŠA₃ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢a-x x x⸣ a-na ⸢AD⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}⸢x x⸣-an-ni DUMU-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂}za⸣-am-ma-ru ša₂ LUGAL a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢ana UGU⸣ E₂-šu₂ ša₂ la ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x 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
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