CT 54, 160 (P238523)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238523 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | N[N ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | wit[h ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | on a c[art ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | You wrote [......] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | Before you, I [...] |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'– | Now call on Bel-ušebš[i], my messenger, whom I sent, (and) s[end me] an ov[ergarment] and, in addition, one mina of silver. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If le[a]d has [been] made expen[sive] and [is available, send ...] by the hand [of Bel-ušebši]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | *CT 54 160 |
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' | {1}⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina UGU {giš}sa-[par-ri x x x] | |
| 4' | at-ta tal-tap-ra [x x x x] | |
| 5' | il-la-mu-uk-ka a-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | en-na {1}{d}EN—u₂-šeb-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 7' | {lu₂}A—šip-ri-ia {lu₂}A—šip-ri-ia ša₂ aš₂-pu-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 8' | SAG-su i-ši 01-en {tug₂}⸢gu⸣-[la-nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 MA.NA KUG.UD it-ti-i ⸢še⸣-[bi-la] | |
| 2 | ki-i an-[na]-ku u₂-ša₂-⸢qi₂⸣-[ru] | |
| 3 | u₃ [qe₂-ru-ub] ina ŠU.2 [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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