CT 54, 180 (P238652)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238652 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | when [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | these [......] |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'– | Belšunu, who [..., is] not a friend. [He ... aga]inst the king, [my] l[ord]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Nabû and M[arduk have said]: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | "[......]" |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Bel-u[... ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | who [...] the leader[ship ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the son of Bu[nanu ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | a member of the Ir'a[nni family ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | are g[oing ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Let me arrest [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Who like [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | enters [......] |
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' | ⸢ga-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ki-⸢i x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-ga-nu-tu₂ ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}{d}EN-šu₂-nu ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ul EN—MUN EN—MUN [šu-u₂ a-na] | |
| 7' | UGU LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}AG u {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU iq-ta-bu-u₂] | |
| 2 | um-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}EN—u₂-[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ a-⸢lik⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | DUMU {1}bu-[na-nu x x x x] | |
| 6 | DUMU {1}ir-⸢a⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 7 | il-la-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢lu⸣-ṣa-⸢bit x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | man-nu ki-i [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ir⸣-ru-⸢ba⸣ [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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