CT 54, 436 (P237715)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237715 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | and may [DN and DN] b[less] the king, my lord, and [enable him] to attain victory. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [May] Marduk, great lord, (and) the gods [of heaven and earth guide] the sceptre and the commands [of the king, my lord], in truth and justice. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [May] Aššur, Šamaš, Marduk (and) Nabû make [your enemies] bend down [and fall] to your feet. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | [May Aššur (and) M]arduk, your gods, [respond] to [... of a ch]apel with [a firm] utterance, and [may they give ...] to the king, my lord. |
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' | ⸢u₃ {d}x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢lik⸣-[ru-bu x x x] | |
| 3' | ka-ša₂-du ir-nit-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ DINGIR-MEŠ [ša₂ x x x] | |
| 5' | {giš}NIG₂.PA u₃ pu-⸢u₂⸣ [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 6' | ina kit-ti u mi-ša₂-ri [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU {d}⸢AG⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [li-šak]-ni-šu a-na GIR₃.2-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [AN.ŠAR₂ {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-ka a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x]-uk-ki i-na pi-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢a-na LUGAL be⸣-li₂-ia [x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ṣu [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ŠA₃ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x EN].NUN [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [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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