CT 54, 438 (P237730)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 438 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237730 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Your servant Kalbi-Ukû: I would gladly die for] the kin[g, my lord]! Good health [to the king, my lord! Say] to the ki[ng, my lord]: I [am herewith] sending [my ta]blet to greet [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [Previously] I did [not] send [...] to (inquire about) the well-being [of the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [...] Now [I am sending x+]4 men for the well-being |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}kal-bi—u₂-ku-u₂] | |
| 2 | [a-na di-na]-⸢an LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 3 | [lul-lik lu-u₂] ⸢šu⸣-lum [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 4 | [be-li₂-ia₂ um-ma]-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 5 | [be-li₂-ia₂-a-ma] ⸢ṭup⸣-pi a-na ⸢šu⸣-[lum] | |
| 6 | [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] ⸢al⸣-tap-ra | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x a]-na šu-lum | |
| 8 | [LUGAL be-li-ia₂ ul] ⸢aš₂⸣-pu-ra | |
| 9 | [x x x x x en]-⸢na⸣ a-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ šu-⸢lum⸣ | |
| 11 | [LUGAL be-li-ia₂ x]+4 ERIM-[MEŠ x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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