CT 54, 086 (P238421)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238421 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [when] he ca[me ba]ck, [h]e tol[d] me about their health. They are all well, and all is well with their watch. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | Kudurru, the exorcist, the son of Nabû-damiq-ilani, a citizen of Borsippa [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...... t]o the palace |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [... the k]ing, my lord, |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [ki-i] ⸢ih⸣-[hi]-⸢sa⸣ šu-⸢lum⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 3' | ⸢iq⸣-ta-⸢ba⸣-a šul-mu | |
| 4' | ⸢a⸣-na ša₂-⸢a⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | šul-mu ⸢a⸣-na EN.NUN-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | {1}NIG₂.GUB {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 7' | ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}AG—SIG₅—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8' | {lu₂}DUMU—BAR₂.SIPA{⸢ki⸣} {lu₂}DUMU—BAR₂.SIPA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x zi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x a]-⸢na⸣ E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 10 | [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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