CT 54, 091 (P238427)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238427 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] of [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... S]ince the da[y when ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] ... [...] what the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] reached, saying: "[...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] is coming ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] is going to be appointed [to a pos]ition of trust |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] the son of Yakin had strengthened |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Bor]sippa with the casua[lty]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [(As to) what the king] wrote: "Did he not [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [the ]...s of N[N ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... fo]r the second time [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [... Bit]-Dakur[u ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] the star [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] saw [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] face [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | [...] all [...] |
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] ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] te man [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢ul⸣-tu UD-⸢mu⸣ [ša₂ x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] [x x] ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ik-šu-du um-ma [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-nim-ma il-la-kam₂-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢ki⸣-nu-u₂-tu₂ ip-pi-⸢qi₂⸣-[id x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] DUMU—{1}ia-ki-nu u₂-dan-⸢nin⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9' | [x BAR₂].SIPA{ki} ⸢it⸣-ti mi-⸢qi₂⸣-[ti x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra um-⸢ma ul ik⸣-[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]-MEŠ {1}⸢im⸣-[x x] da ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢tu₂⸣ ma-[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ 02-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x E₂]—{1}da-⸢ku-ru⸣ [x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {mul}⸢ka⸣-[x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x i]-mu-ru [x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x] pa-ni [x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢gab-bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 19' | [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)
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