CT 54, 135 (P238486)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238486 |
| 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 the king, my lord: your servant NN], the coh[ort] commander. [Say to the ki]ng, my lord: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [As to what the king, my lord], wrote: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | "[......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] you move up [...]" |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] Now to [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] if [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [... n]ews of [...] |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111–o 1616 | [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] people [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] repo[rt ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2323–o 2323 | according to [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2424–o 2424 | palace matter [...] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2525–o 2525 | for the month Sivan (III) [...] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2626–o 2626 | in Chaldea [...] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2727–o 2727 | great country to [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2828–o 2828 | [...] with the overseer [...] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2929–o 2929 | they have given [...] |
| Obverse [27:29] o 3030– | [...] the k[in]g [my] lo[rd ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL x x be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—ki-[ṣir] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—ki-[ṣir] | |
| 3 | [um-ma-a a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4 | [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a] iš-pu-ra um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] a-na ⸢sik⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] tu-šel-⸢la⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] en-na a-na [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]-u₂ ki-i ⸢it⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x ṭe₃]-e-mu ša₂ {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] ⸢tu⸣ ra [x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]-ru-ni [x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] ih-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x] tar [x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x] UN-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x] ṭe₃-en-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | ki-i pi-i [an-ni-i x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | a-mat E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | a-na {iti}⸢SIG₄⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 26 | ina {kur}kal-du [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | ⸢KUR⸣ GAL-ti a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | [x]-di {lu₂}ša₂—⸢UGU⸣—[x x x x x] | |
| 29 | [it]-tan-nu u₃ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 30 | [x x] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂-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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