CT 54, 100 (P238441)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238441 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To [Sargon, king of the universe, my lord: Your servant] Balassu. May [Nabû and Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [I am herewith sending] my tablet [for the well-being of the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Under the protection of Bel and [Nabû, the gods] of the king, my lord, the [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | and the message [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | whom my lord lead away, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | he has added for me, [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | to the house of my father [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | and the drain pi[pes .......]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The ki[ng, my lord, can be glad]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Now [...] |
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 | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL—GIN LUGAL kiš-šat be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}ba-⸢laṭ-su⸣ {d}[AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | lik-ru-⸢bu⸣ um-[ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 4 | ṭup-pi a-na ⸢šul⸣-[mu LUGAL be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra] | |
| 5 | ina GIŠ.⸢MI⸣ {d}EN u [d.AG x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-ia [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | u₃ na-aš₂-par-ti [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša₂ be-li₂ aš₂-pu-uk [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | u₂-ṣi-ban-ni [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-na E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | u₃ na-aṣ-ṣa-⸢bat⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ ṭa-a-bi] | |
| 13 | en-na [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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