CT 54, 147 (P238506)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238506 |
| 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] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Eṭ]eru [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Eṭ]eru has written to me a[s follows]: |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | "[...] in Iyyar (II) to [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | "I had them brought into [GN and ...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | "Later on, [NN ...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | "[W]hy on earth did [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | "s[ay in] your presence [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | "[...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | "I had [them] brought in [... From] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | "that (moment) unti[l now] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | "I have not seen [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | "I removed [...] into the presence [of ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | "One of them [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [16:19] o 17'17'–o 19'19' | "Now, since I [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | a barber [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | as [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | as he said [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | If a cow [has given birth to] a lion, [...s] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | have been placed in him. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | You have got [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I have giv[en ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] you came into my presence [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | when I wen[t ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | before [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | you ga[ve ...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | in [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... are h]ere. Where [should I] appoint them? |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x {1}e]-⸢ṭe₃⸣-ru [x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}e]-⸢ṭe₃⸣-ru ki-[i x x x] | |
| 4' | il-tap-ra um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃ {iti}GUD a-na [x x x x] | |
| 6' | um-ma a-na-ku ⸢ki⸣-[i x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂-še-ri-bu-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | um-ma ar₂-ki-šu₂ {1}{d}[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x] ⸢x⸣ mi-nam-ma [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x ina] ⸢pa⸣-ni-ka iq-[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ ik-ki-[x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-na-ku ul-te-⸢rib⸣ [x x x ul-tu] | |
| 13' | ul-li-i a-⸢di⸣ [UGU en-na x x] | |
| 14' | ul a-mur i-na pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | ul-te-li um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 16' | 01-en ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17' | en-na ki-i ša₂ a-[x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x] it ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}ŠU.⸢I⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ki-i ba-[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-i ša₂ iq-ba-[a x x x x] | |
| 5' | ki-i UR.MAH AB₂ [tu-li-du x x] | |
| 6' | šak-na-šu at-ta-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | ra-ša₂-a-ta muš-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-na-ku at-ta-⸢din⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-⸢na pa⸣-ni-ia ⸢tal⸣-[li-ka x x] | |
| 10' | ki-i al-⸢li⸣-[ka x x x] | |
| 11' | i-na bu-un-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ta-ad-[di-na x x x x] | |
| 13' | i-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x a]-⸢kan⸣-na-ka e-kam₂-ma [ap]-⸢qid⸣-su-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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