CT 54, 551 (P237440)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 551 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237440 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | We have se[nt ... to the king], our [lo]rd. [The king, our lord] may do [as he sees be]st. [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] 2 eunuchs [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] with these men [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] messengers, lords [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] News of Elam: [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......]s from Ela[m ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] the Ru['ueans ......] |
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 x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-i-ni nu-ul-[te-bi-il LUGAL EN-a-ni] | |
| 3' | [a-ki ša₂ i-le-ʾu]-⸢u₂⸣ li-pu-[uš x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-la 02 {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x] KI ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]-i {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ EN-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-mu ša₂ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-MEŠ ul-tu {kur}NIM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] {lu₂}ru-⸢ʾu⸣-[a-a 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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