CT 54, 154 (P238514)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238514 |
| 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' | and [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the [k]ing sho[uld ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [w]hy [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | careles[sness ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the king ha[s ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I will not [......] |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | he mobili[sed ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | fifteen [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | four [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | in [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Now that [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the king should sen[d ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | and the Baby[lonians ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | about whom the king wro[te ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [i]n/[f]rom their hands [......] |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | [be]ing early the k[ing ......] |
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' | u₃ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢LUGAL li⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢mi⸣-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | na-de-e [a-hi x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ul a-⸢na⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | id-⸢ka⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | um-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 15 ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 4 an-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ina ŠA₃-bi x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | en-na ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | LUGAL liš-pu-[ra x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₃ {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂ LUGAL iš-pu-[ra x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ina⸣ ŠU.2-šu₂-nu lu-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ha⸣-ra-pi ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢mu⸣-ra-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x 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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