CT 54, 173 (P238641)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238641 |
| 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 [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] water [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [The king], our [lo]rd, should ask [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [At the time of] your grandfather [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] threw before them [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | their [...] were not found [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] all their water was finish[ed] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | All [water from the] Euphrates that [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] to negle[ct ...] |
| Obverse [10:12] 11'11'– | [...]... of [...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'– | [...] I [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢A⸣-MEŠ u₂-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-a-ni liš-ʾa-⸢al⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] AD—AD-ka AD—AD-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] pa-ni-šu₂-nu id-du-[u₂ x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]-šu₂-nu ul am-ru mi-[x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-u₂ A-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi qa-⸢tu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 9' | [A-MEŠ ša {id₂]}pu-rat-ti ma-la [x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x]-MEŠ a-na e-⸢ge⸣-[e x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-du-u₂ ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x] a-na-ku [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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