CT 54, 016 (P238000)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238000 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | into Babyl[on ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the Babylonians [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | have sent back [...]. Their king [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | when he fel[l ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the[ir] tents [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and their women [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | in a chariot to [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | when they made [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | the people of Babylo[n ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | are speaking [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | they are looking [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | fear are they. ... [......] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | [...] them [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | of the messenger [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | If ... [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Babylon [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the king, my lord, [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | should ask [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | should [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | in [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | with [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | has spoken and [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] not [......] |
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' | a-na ⸢ŠA₃-bi TIN.TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR{ki}MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ut-tir-⸢ru MAN-šu₂-nu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-i im-⸢qu-tu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | maš-ka-na-a-⸢ti-šu₂⸣-[nu x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina {giš}GIGIR a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ki-i i-pu-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | UN-MEŠ ša₂ TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-dab-bu-bu ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | i-dag-ga-lu ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢ni-kit-ti⸣ šu-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x]-⸢x-šu⸣-nu-⸢ti x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša₂ {lu₂}A—KIN⸣ {lu₂}A—KIN⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ki-i x x x-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | TIN.⸢TIR{ki} x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | liš-⸢al x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | li-⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-na ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | it-ti ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢id⸣-da-bu-ub u ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x] ⸢ul⸣ i-[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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