CT 54, 592 (P237514)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 592 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237514 |
| Museum no. | BM 134587 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Tablet of [NN] to Nabû-šu[ma-iškun]. I am herewith sending my tablet as a gre[eting to my lord]. |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | [I heard] the news of [my] lord and became very glad. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | [...] in your place |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | and for his servant [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | Has not Enlil in an effus[ive way ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | whom the king, your lord, not [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | [...] daily [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | [...] and [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | of his lord, until [...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ṭup-pi {1}{d}[x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}AG—⸢MU⸣—[GAR-un] | |
| 3 | ṭup-pi a-na šul-[mi-ka al-tap-ra] | |
| 4 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia al-te-me] | |
| 5 | ma-aʾ-diš ha-ma-⸢ka⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | i-na ku-mi-ka [x x x x] | |
| 7 | u₃ a-na ARAD-šu₂ u₂-[x x x] | |
| 8 | ul {d}EN.LIL₂ ki-i—⸢ma⸣-[de-e] ki-i—⸢ma⸣-[de-e] | |
| 9 | ša₂ LUGAL be-el-ka ul [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x] UD-us-su {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ ⸢bu⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | be-li₂-šu₂ a-di ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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