CT 54, 046 (P238129)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238129 |
| 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' | May Bel and Nabû [...], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | who [...] up[on ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | days [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | happines[s, good health, ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | to [the king ...] |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'– | grant [...] |
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' | {⸢d}EN⸣ u {⸢d}AG⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ a-na ⸢UGU⸣-[hi x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]+⸢x⸣-ku ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢UD⸣-MEŠ ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-[bi ṭu-ub UZU x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ na-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | liš-ru-[ku x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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