CT 54, 117 (P238460)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238460 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | Did he [not] say: "[...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [The min]d of the kin[g, my lord, can be at ease]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Mars [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [I]t means [... f]or the king and the cr[own prince]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Mars [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [sa]ying, "The portents [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [s]trength ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢lu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ul] iq-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]-nu ki-[i x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [a]-na LUGAL u₃ ⸢DUMU⸣—[LUGAL ⸢DUMU⸣—[LUGAL x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢šu⸣-u₂ {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢um⸣-ma GISKIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢da⸣-na-na nu-⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [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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