CT 54, 574 (P237705)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 574 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237705 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] to A[ss]y[ria ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] The eclipse which [took place] in Libr[a ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] Thereby [a decision was given] to Eridu: |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [the people of Eridu will be massa]cred, the city [...] |
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 x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-⸢na KUR—aš-šur⸣{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ma ⸢ta⸣ na aʾ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] AN.⸢MI⸣ ša₂ ina zi-⸢ba-ni⸣-[ti iš-ku-nu] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ŠA₃ ana NUN{ki} [EŠ.BAR SUM] | |
| 6' | [ša₂ ERI.DUG₃ UN-MEŠ-šu₂ iš-šag]-⸢gi⸣-šu₂ URU ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [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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