CT 54, 011 (P237993)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237993 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [Tablet of the šandabakku to the] king, his lord. Good health to the king, my lord! May the great gods of Ekur and Nippur make you achieve whatever you plan. |
| Obverse [7:19] o 88– | As to the words which the king wrote: "Place the son of NN here at [my] feet; let him strengthen the guard, so that the guard of Ekur and Nippur will be [strong]!" — Ninurta-naṣir, the son of [N]N, the high priest, is [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] words |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [...] the king |
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 | [ṭup-pi {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA] | |
| 2 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu]-⸢u₂ šul⸣-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | ⸢EN⸣-ia₂ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂.KUR u EN.LIL₂{ki} | |
| 6 | ⸢mim⸣-ma ma-la tu-kaṣ₃-ṣip | |
| 7 | ŠU.2-ka lu-šak-šid | |
| 8 | a-na UGU dib-bi ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 9 | iš-pu-ra ⸢um-ma⸣ [a-na] | |
| 10 | a-kan-na ⸢DUMU {1}x-a.a⸣ [x] | |
| 11 | a-na ⸢GIR₃⸣.2-ia] ⸢šu-kun⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢um⸣-ma ⸢ma-ṣar-ta⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-[dan]-⸢ni⸣-na | |
| 2 | ⸢u₃ ma⸣-aṣ-ṣar-ta | |
| 3 | ša₂ E₂.⸢KUR⸣ u EN.LIL₂{ki} | |
| 4 | lu-[u₂ dan-nat {1}{d}MAŠ—na-ṣir | |
| 5 | [x x x]-sa-a ŠEŠ.GAL | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢dib⸣-bi | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢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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