CT 54, 041 + 238 (P238119)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 041 + 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238119 |
| 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 | Your servant Ullub[aya: I would gladly die] for the king, [my] lord! Say to the king, [my lord]: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | They have said to the king: "[...] Sinneans have been s[old] for silver." |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | 100 or 200 for [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | the king, my lo[rd, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | and [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | ca[me ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | befo[re...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | sol[d ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | side [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | We have not s[old] any [Sinneans] f[or silver]. |
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}ul-lu-⸢ba⸣-[a.a a-na] | |
| 2 | di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-[ia lul-lik] | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL iq-ta-bu-[u₂ um-ma] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}DUMU—si-na-a.a {lu₂}DUMU—si-na-a.a [x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na KUG.UD in-⸢nam⸣-[di-nu x x] | |
| 7 | 01 me 02 me a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | il-⸢li⸣-[ka x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | it-tan-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | šid-⸢di x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | mam-ma a-[na KUG.UD] | |
| 8' | ul ⸢ni⸣-[id-din] | |
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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