CT 54, 571 (P237699)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 571 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237699 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... s]inned |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] placed |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... the Nabat]eans |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... w]rote (pl.) to you |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... t]heir [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... re]turned [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [As to (...) what you wro]te |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...... as]ked |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] Ninurta |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [......] you |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...... cur]ses |
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 x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x ih]-ta-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ il-tak-nu | |
| 5' | [x x {lu₂}na-ba-a]-⸢tu⸣-u₂-a | |
| 6' | [x x x x il]-tap-ru-nik-ka | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]-ti-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x ša₂ taš]-⸢pu⸣-ra | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-ba | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]-al | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]-e | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x] {⸢d⸣}MAŠ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x]-ka | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣-ti | |
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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