CT 54, 569 (P237690)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 569 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237690 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] servants |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] when/if |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [......] does not know [whether] they are [in] Assyria, and [the ...] of the king of Babylon [......] does not know whether they are [in Ela]m. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... t]ogether |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] that with us |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...... you d]id |
| Bottom [1:4] b.e. 16'16'– | [..... to G]N |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... I sen]t them |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... g]oes [...], oxen |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] ... good sense |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | [... are sa]ying, ”[...] has advised [the king of] Assyria,” [and ... are sa]ying, ”he has advised [the king of Ela]m.” |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] their [del]iberations |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... Now i]f you |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... this] message |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......] dog |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [...... amon]g you |
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' | [x x x x x x] {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ki-i | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ul i-di-ma | |
| 4' | [ki-i i-na KUR]—aš-šur{ki} šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i | |
| 7' | [i-na {kur}NIM].⸢MA⸣{ki} šu₂-nu ul i-di | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti a-ha-meš | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-si ša₂ it-ti-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x te]-⸢pu⸣-ša₂-aʾ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-tu | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x]-tu | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-a-ni | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x al-tap]-raš-šu₂-nu-tu | |
| 2 | [x x x i]-nam-giš GUD-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢x-a⸣-ni ta-si-ma-tu | |
| 4 | [x x i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u₂ um-ma | |
| 5 | [LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{ki} in-di-lik | |
| 6 | [x x x x] i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 7 | [um-ma LUGAL {kur}NIM].⸢MA⸣{ki} in-di-lik | |
| 8 | [x x x x mil]-⸢ka⸣-nu-šu₂-nu 0 | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i at-tu-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ši-pir-ti | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ UR.KU | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x ŠA₃]-⸢bi-ku⸣-nu | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-su-nu | |
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
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