CT 54, 132 (P238482)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 132 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238482 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Your servant Nabû-šumu-lišir. I would gladly die] for the ki[ng of the lands, my l]ord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless] the ki[ng, my] l[ord! Say to the ki]ng of the lands, [my] lord: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] Ina-tešî-eṭir [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] 5 boxes with hem[s ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] ... of the palace [...] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [Es]aggil and Ba[bylon] (and) [...] the land [are well; ...... is] well. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the king [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] of the heart [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the loins [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [... Baby]lon [...] |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SI.SA₂] | |
| 2 | [a-na di-na-an LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia lul-lik] | |
| 4 | [d.AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] a-na ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3 | [um-ma-a a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia-a-ma] | |
| 5 | [x x x] {1}ina—SUH₃—KAR-ir [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] 04 PISAN {tug₂}sis-sik-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x {lu₂]}⸢mu⸣-kil—IGI {lu₂]}⸢mu⸣-kil—IGI ša₂ E₂.GAL [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x E₂].⸢SAG⸣.IL₂ u ⸢TIN⸣.[TIR{ki} x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x] KUR šul-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ša₂ ŠA₃-bi [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢qab⸣-li [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki} ⸢ki⸣-[i x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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