CT 54, 128 (P238478)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238478 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | I/he will do [...], saying: "I am unable t[o ... Bab]ylon." (I swear) [by] Be[l and Nabû that] it will be agreeable [to the kin]g. [May] the stro[ng] king [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... w]ill assume [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] we shall hear [...] of the king's road [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... of] the king, we have [...ed] carelessness [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] the commandant has writ[ten] to the king [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] may the king not [...] |
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 x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ip⸣-pu-uš um-ma ⸢ma⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x TIN].TIR{ki} ul ma-ṣa-ku {d}⸢EN⸣ {[d}AG lu-u₂ i-du-u₂] | |
| 4' | [ki-i pa-an] ⸢LUGAL⸣ la mah-⸢ri LUGAL⸣ dan-[nu x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢im⸣-mah-ha-ra ad-[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-⸢an⸣-na ša₂ KASKAL.2 LUGAL ni-šem-me [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL na-de-e a-hi ni-ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ a-na LUGAL il-tap-[ra x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-ni LUGAL la i-[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x 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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