CT 54, 152 (P238512)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 152 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238512 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [p]rice [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | and t[o ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | to mix [... the] king’s [me]n |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | at [my] disposal [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | 300 soldier[s ......] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 10'b.e. 10'– | from two [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | let me raise and [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 4,500 soldier[s ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The king, my lord, knows t[h]at [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | broken and [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | are ful[l] to the brim. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | ... would relieve my arm. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [The ...s] curse your [...] |
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]-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ši⸣-me [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ha-qa [x x x x ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ LUGAL | |
| 6' | ša₂ ina pa-ni-[ia x x x x x] | |
| 7' | 03-me ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ha-ri-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | ul-tu 02 [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-uš-ša₂-am-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | 04-lim 05-me ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂-a i-di ⸢ki⸣-i [x x] | |
| 4 | he-pa-a-ti u₃ šur-[x x] | |
| 5 | a-na ṣi-re-e ma-lu-[u] | |
| 6 | ⸢x x x⸣ a-hi u₂-na-hi | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x⸣-ku-nu i-na-zi-ru | |
| 8 | [x x x]-⸢za⸣-za | |
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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