CT 54, 589 (P237577)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237577 |
| Museum no. | BM 099305 + BM 099314 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | the king [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | opened [and ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | did not go [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | to Zabban [......] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] the archers [whom the king, my lord, s]ent, have not a[rrived ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | And the dais [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | which is behind [...], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | those with the king of Babylo[n ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Bit-A[m]ukani messa[ge ...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [...] Natan, the brother o[f NN] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | [...] who [...] |
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' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ip-te-⸢e⸣-[ma x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | la il-li-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na {uru}⸢za-ban⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {giš}⸢BAN⸣ [ša₂ x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra ul ⸢ik⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢u₃⸣ pa-ra-ak-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ i-na ku-tal-lu [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša₂ it-ti LUGAL TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 7' | E₂—{1}a-⸢muk⸣-a-nu ši-⸢pir⸣-[ta x x x x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] {1}na-tan ŠEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [ša₂ {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ša₂ ⸢da⸣-[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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