CT 54, 073 (P238373)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238373 |
| 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 [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | When [... P]N sent us a messenger [..., saying, "C]ome and en[ter] the city," |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] here are few |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] and we fear the king. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | May my lord say [in the presence of the kin]g, and if it [is agree]able to [the king, let him send] us armed forces so [we can en]ter Marad. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | My lord knows that the [...]s which the king gave [are ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | May my lord say [t]o the king and [...] |
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' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢x{ki⸣} ik-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢bi⸣-li {lu₂}DUMU—⸢šip-ri⸣ {lu₂}DUMU—⸢šip-ri⸣ [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i iš-pur-na-a-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 5' | [um-ma al]-ka-nim-ma a-na URU er-[ba] | |
| 6' | [x x x] a-kan-na mi-i-ṣu [o] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-ma LUGAL pal-ha-a-nu [o] | |
| 8' | [ina IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ liq-bi-ma ki-i pa-⸢an⸣ | |
| 9' | [LUGAL] ⸢mah⸣-ru e-mu-qi₂ [o] | |
| 10' | [liš-pur]-⸢an⸣-na-ši-ma a-na MAR₂.DA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 11' | [ni-ru]-ub be-li₂ i-di ki-i [o] | |
| 12' | [x x]-ma-da-a-ni ša₂ LUGAL id-di-⸢na⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ liq-bi-⸢ma⸣ | |
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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