CT 54, 167 (P238535)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 167 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238535 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] the palace [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] and before [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Esaggi]l and Ba[bylon ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... has] est[ablished ...] for Bel |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... f]or Esaggi[l ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... B]abylo[n ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] t[o ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] has lit a fire [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | [...] th[ese] ... [...] |
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]-tu₂ ha-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] E₂.GAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] u ina pa-an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x E₂.SAG].⸢IL₂⸣ u₃ ⸢TIN⸣.[TIR{ki} x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] a-na {d}EN uk-[tin x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x a]-na E₂.SAG.⸢IL₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-ma-ti a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] IZI it-tap-ha [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]-ra-ti an-⸢na⸣-[a-ti x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢x x-še-e 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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