CT 54, 116 (P238459)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238459 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... c]anebreak [...] |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [...] Do you not know that [...] except you ... nobody knows your [...] and the relenting of your hearts? Have you seen it? No. And nobody has shown it to you. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | Now let me tell you: I have sworn by Aššur and my gods |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [...] under your authority, who came [and] grasped my feet, what did they [ach]ieve? [I swear] by Aššur and my gods that on the day when [...] this message |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [......] Elam |
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' | [x x x x] {⸢giš⸣}GI-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢at⸣-tu-nu la ti-da-a | |
| 4' | [x x x]-⸢ku⸣-nu u pa-šar ŠA₃-bi-ku-nu | |
| 5' | [mim]-⸢ma⸣ al-la-nu-uk-ku-nu | |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-du-u₂ man-⸢nu i⸣-di ta-par-ra-a | |
| 7' | ia-a-nu u mam-ma ul u₂-kal-lim-gu-nu-ši | |
| 8' | en-na-ma lu-uq-bak-ku-nu-ši | |
| 9' | ina ŠA₃ AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a at-te-me | |
| 10' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ša₂] šu-pa-⸢li-ku⸣-nu ša₂ il-⸢li-ku⸣ | |
| 2' | [u] ⸢GIR₃⸣.2-ia₂ iṣ-ba-tu mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 3' | [in-ne₂]-ep-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 4' | [at-te-me] ki-i [ina] ŠA₃ UD-me | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢gi⸣ an-nit ši-pir-ti | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢x x x {kur}NIM⸣.MA | |
| 7' | [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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