CT 54, 437 (P237728)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237728 |
| 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' | the victory [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | we did not let th[em ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Šamaš-šumu-uk[in ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | there in the enemy country [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | of the king, our lord [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] to the king [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [N]N, the [.....] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | [... th]ese [......] |
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' | ir-nit-ta ši-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ul nu-maš-šir₃-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-[ti x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU.⸢GI⸣.[NA x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ŠA₃-bi-šu ina KUR—KUR₂ KUR—KUR₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] a-na LUGAL [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-⸢a⸣.a {⸢lu₂}EN⸣—[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-⸢nu-tu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢ud⸣ [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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