CT 54, 565 (P237680)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 565 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237680 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] and [...] with him [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] brings up [...] and [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] from the beginni[ng ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] to darkness [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... H]umbê of [Bit-Zualza] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] you did not cheat [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] treaty wi[th ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] tribute (payment)s [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] land [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] 12'12'–13'13' | [......] in the presen[ce ... |
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 aš₂ u₂ x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma it-ti-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-ti i-tar-ri-ma [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ul-tu re-es-⸢šu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] a-na e-kil-ti [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x {1}⸢hu⸣-um-be₂-e {uru}[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x] ul tak-kil um-[ma x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-⸢a⸣-nu a-de-e it-⸢ti⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ man-da-⸢at⸣-a-ti [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x la⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ina ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣ [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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