CT 54, 163 (P238526)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238526 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | P[N ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the ki[ng ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | day [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | of the gods [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the chief eu[nuch ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | does not kno[w ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | I have heard [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Enūma Anu En[lil ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Alan[dimmû ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | when/if [......] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | the man [......] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | Nabû-šarru-uṣur says [......] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | arrives there [.......] |
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 x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | UD [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ul i-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | aš₂-mu-u₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | UD—AN—{d}EN.[LIL₂ x x x x] | |
| 6' | ALAM.[DIM₂.MA-u x x x x] | |
| 7' | ki-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—PAB i-qab-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃-bi i-kaš-ša₂-⸢du⸣ [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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