CT 54, 582 (P237555)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 582 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237555 |
| Museum no. | BM 099174 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1'1'– | [D]N-nada, Ibnâ, Barik-ilu son of Marduk, Nergal-ipuš son of Nur-ili, Arit-abini son of Mušezib-ilu, Kudurru son of Ša-Nabû-šû, Mušezib-ilu, Ṭabihu, [servant of the] major-domo, [Na]bû-gamil son of Nabû-ušallim, [Mar]duk son of Kidin-Ea, Nabû-eriba son of Ayakki-ibni, in total, 11 (men): |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | arrest these men — not one of them may be missing — and [pla]ce them in his custody. [He should ta]ke them into my presence. |
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' | {1}⸢x x—na-da⸣ | |
| 2' | {1}ib-na-a | |
| 3' | {1}ba-ri-ki—DINGIR DUMU {1}mar-duk | |
| 4' | {1}{d}U.GUR—DU₃-uš DUMU {1}ZALAG₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 5' | {1}a-rit—a-bi-ni DUMU | |
| 6' | {1}mu-še-zib—DINGIR {1}NIG₂.GUB | |
| 7' | DUMU {1}ša₂—{d}AG—šu-u₂ | |
| 8' | {1}mu-še-zib—DINGIR {1}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—E₂ {lu₂}GAL—E₂ | |
| 2 | {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—ga-mil DUMU {1}{d}AG—GI | |
| 3 | {1}mar]-duk DUMU {1}ki-din—e-a | |
| 4 | {1}{d}AG—eri-ba DUMU {1}E₂.AN.NA—DU₃ | |
| 5 | PAB 11 ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-ti | |
| 6 | 01+en la i-maṭ-ṭi | |
| 7 | ṣa-bat-ma a-na ŠU.2-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [šu]-⸢kun⸣ a-na IGI-ia | |
| 9 | [li-bu]-⸢ka⸣-šu-nu-ti | |
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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