CT 54, 586 (P237567)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 586 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237567 |
| Museum no. | BM 099258 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [The king’s word to NN], to [...], the people of Kar-Nergal [...] and Bit-Da[kkuri], old and young, every one [of my servants: I am well], you can be [glad]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | You [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] yourselv[es ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] Akkadians [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] one boy [servant (and) ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... were at]tacked, thereby [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | They are [de]ad [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | May the foxes not [......]! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Now righten [......], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | uproot [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [h]orse[s ......] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [......] y[our]selves |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | [... Co]me and [...]! |
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' | {lu₂}{⸢uru}x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}KAR—{d}U.[GUR-a.a x x x x] | |
| 3' | u E₂—{lu₂}da-[ku-ru x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-la ba-šu-u₂ [DI-mu ia-a-ši] | |
| 5' | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-ba-ku-nu lu-[u ṭa-ab-ku-nu-ši] | |
| 6' | ⸢at⸣-tu-nu ki-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x] ⸢x⸣ ra-man-gu-[nu x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] {lu₂}URI{ki}⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] 01+⸢en ṣu-har⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x il]-⸢tah-ṭu ina ŠA₃⸣-[bi x x x] | |
| 4' | [mi]-⸢tu⸣-tu šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢še-le-bi la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | en-na ⸢šu⸣-šir₃ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂-su-⸢uh⸣-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ra-man-⸢gu⸣-[nu x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x al]-⸢kam₂⸣-ma ⸢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
- 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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