CT 54, 089 (P238425)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238425 |
| 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' | [...] the kin[g, my lord]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Bel [...ed] the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... t]o the [s]trong king, [my] lord, [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Bel and] Nabû [be]stowed gre[at] wisdom [and magnanimity] on you. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | By the order of [..., ...] rev[ered ...] Marduk and han[ded over the dominion of] the land[s] to you. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [W]hat[ever] the king, my lord, d[oes] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] Bel and Na[bû ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... e]vil things in [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... st]eadfast ... [...] |
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 LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] {d}EN LUGAL be-[li₂-a x] | |
| 3' | [x x a]-⸢na LUGAL dan⸣-nu be-li₂-[ia₂ x x] | |
| 4' | {[d}EN u] {⸢d}AG⸣ PI.2 ra-pa-⸢aš₂⸣-[tu₂ u ŠA₃] | |
| 5' | [rap-šu₂] ⸢iš⸣-kun-u₂-ka ina ṭe₃-⸢em⸣ [ša₂] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-bi {d}AMAR.UTU ki-i ip-⸢la⸣-[hu] | |
| 7' | [be-lut] ⸢KUR⸣.KUR a-na ŠU.2-ka un-[del-li] | |
| 8' | [mim-ma] ⸢ma⸣-la LUGAL be-li₂-a ip-[pu-šu] | |
| 9' | [x x x] {⸢d}EN⸣ u₃ {d}⸢AG⸣ [x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢lem⸣-ne₂-ti ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i-nu ⸢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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