CT 54, 549 (P237436)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 549 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237436 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [May ...] bless the king [of lands, our lord! We pray every day to Ninurta and] Gula [for the life of the king], our [lo]rd. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] years |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] our [h]ouses |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] knows [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... the lan]d of Ak[kad] |
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 x a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2' | [KUR.KUR be-li₂-i-ni] ⸢lik-ru⸣-bu | |
| 3' | [UD-mu-us-su {d}MAŠ u {d]}gu-la | |
| 4' | [a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-i-ni | |
| 5' | [nu-ṣal-la x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ-⸢x⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣-MEŠ-i-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-du ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢KUR—URI⸣{[ki]} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-na | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢mu⸣ | |
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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