CT 54, 002 (P237916)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237916 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet of Nabû-dan to Nabû-šuma-iškun: |
| Obverse [2:13] o 33– | Why haven't I seen you at the camp for the past two years? And since you haven't seen my house either, by Bel, the tribute of the past two years is incumbent on you. |
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 | IM {1}{d}AG—KALAG | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un | |
| 3 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni 02-ta MU.AN.NA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | a-ga-a ina ma-dak-tu₂ | |
| 5 | a-na-ka ⸢ul⸣ a-mur-ka | |
| 6 | u ki-i E₂-a | |
| 7 | ul ta-mu-ru | |
| 8 | d.EN-um-ma | |
| 9 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ i-di | |
| 10 | ⸢ki⸣-i a-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-da-at-tu₂ | |
| 2 | ša₂ 02-ta MU.AN.NA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | ina UGU-hi-ka | |
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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