CT 54, 150 (P238509)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238509 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Your [servant] Ṣi[llaya]: I would gladly die [for the king of the universe, my lord]! May Uruk [and Eanna bless] the king of the univ[erse, my lord]! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | After [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | before [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the son of Yakin [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | to the king, [my] lo[rd ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | thither [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Perhaps [the king, my lord, will say] |
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}⸢ṣil⸣-[la-a] | |
| 2 | a-na di-⸢na⸣-[an LUGAL kiš-šat be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | lul-lik UNUG{[ki} u E₂.AN.NA] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL ⸢kiš⸣-[šat be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 5 | um-ma-a a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 6 | ul-tu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | pa-an [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | DUMU—{1}⸢ia⸣-[GIN x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia x x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na ŠA₃-bi [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | min₃-de-e-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] am-mi₃-⸢ni⸣ am-mi₃-⸢ni⸣ [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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