CT 54, 161 (P238524)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238524 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | We will [... Šamaš-šumu]-ukin [...], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] another [ki]ng [......]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | He [...] to [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] of Nabu-deni-epuš and [NN] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] and the levy of 20 soldiers [......] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [...] Babylon [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 9'b.e. 9'–b.e. 9'b.e. 9' | [...] messages [......] |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 10'10'–b.e. 11'11' | [...] to the magnates of/who [......] — |
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] ti [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU]—GI.NA nu-[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša₂-nam-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢x šu⸣-u₂ a-⸢na x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}AG—⸢DI⸣—DU₃-uš u₃ {1}[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢u₃ di-ku ša₂ 20 ERIM-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x] ⸢nu x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢x x TIN.TIR{ki} x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [x x] šip-re-e-ti it-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]-ha a-na {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ di ⸢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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