CT 54, 040 (P238118)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238118 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Tablet of] Sîn-duri, [prelate of] Eanna, [to the ...], his lord: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] of the Lady of Reš |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] has chosen |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] the elders |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] stood |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [thi]s [...] |
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 {1}{d}30—BAD₃ | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM] ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂.AN.NA | |
| 3 | [a-na {lu₂}x]+⸢x⸣ be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}GAŠAN ša₂ SAG | |
| 5 | [x x x] it-ta-saq | |
| 6 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}ši-bu-ti | |
| 7 | [x x x x] iz-ziz-zu | |
| 8 | [x x x x a]-⸢ga⸣-a | |
| 9 | [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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