CT 54, 151 (P238511)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238511 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Say] to [NN]: thus says [the king]: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The ne[ws ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | that you [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | No[w ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | to [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [NN ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | and [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | he is hold[ing back ....] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Abi-[...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | change his mind [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | let him come [here ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | what you [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | let him speak [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Humban-[...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'– | he held back [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 11r.e. 11–r.e. 11r.e. 11 | to the presence [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1212–r.e. 1212 | Now to [...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | to the presence [...] |
| Right [3:4] r.e. 1414–r.e. 1414 | anything [...] |
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 {1}{d}[x x x qi-bi₂-ma] | |
| 2 | um-ma [LUGAL-ma] | |
| 3 | ṭe₃-e-[mu x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ ta-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ip-[x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | en-[na x x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {1}⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-kil-[li x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}AD-[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | šu₂-un-niš [x x x x] | |
| 6' | lil-⸢li⸣-[ka x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ at-ta [x x x x] | |
| 8' | lid-bu-ub [x x x x] | |
| 9' | {1}hum-ban-[x x x x] | |
| 10' | ik-te-[li x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | a-na pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | en-na a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-na pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 14 | mim-mu [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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