CT 54, 142 (P238499)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238499 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | to the hou[se ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | pestilence [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | what is the n[ews ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | to the king, m[y] lord, [......] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | News o[f Bel-iqiša, son of] Bunan[u: ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | two hundred ho[rses ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | son of [... ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | from the house ... [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | refuses [to ..., saying]: |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | I will not [...] the house [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [ May king, my lord, do as he] deems best. |
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' | ⸢a-na E₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | mu-ta-ni ka-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | mi-nu-u₂ ṭe₃-[e-mu x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ṭe₃-e-mu ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}EN—BA-ša₂ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂] | |
| 6' | {1}bu-na-an-[nu x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | 02-me {anše}[KUR.RA-MEŠ x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | DUMU {1}{d}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | la E₂ i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ul i-man-⸢gur⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢E₂⸣ ul a-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [i]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u₂ [li-pu-uš] | |
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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