CT 54, 191 (P238666)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238666 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [May ... bless] the king, [my] lord, [and may they consolidate the foun]dations of the [royal] thr[one of the k]ing, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [On the xth of] Shebat (XI) [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] his [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... in]to the presence [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] Ištar-[...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Ma]rduk-apla-uṣur [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] my [lo]rd [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] let me come out [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [The kings], your fathers [revered] Marduk. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Through] their wide understanding [they ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... t]o the watch [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Whatever] I see and h[ear], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | we [... to the king], my l[ord]. |
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' | [o] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3' | ⸢SUHUŠ⸣ {giš}GU.[ZA LUGAL-ti] | |
| 4' | [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [lu-kin-nu] | |
| 5' | [x x] {⸢iti⸣}ZIZ₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-ti-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [a]-⸢na⸣ pa-ni [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x] {1}{d}INNIN—⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x {1}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—A—PAB ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 10' | [be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ ši-[x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] zi [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x] lu-uṣ-⸢ṣi x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | [LUGAL-MEŠ] AD-MEŠ-ka {d}AMAR.UTU [x x] | |
| 4 | [ina PI].2-šu₂-nu ra-pa-aš₂-⸢ti⸣ [x] | |
| 5 | [x a]-⸢na⸣ ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti [x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] am-ma-ru u a-[šem-mu-u] | |
| 7 | [a-na LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ ni-pa-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
Sources & licences
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