CT 54, 192 (P238667)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 192 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238667 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [T]o the [king, my lord]: your [ser]vant Na[bû-šumu]-li[šir.] Good health to the [king, my lord]! Say to the ki[ng, my lord]: |
| Obverse [4:13] o 55– | Concerning the men of whom [the king, my lord], wrote to me, [...] 188 men, among them 53 [dependents], 20 oxen, 24 donkeys, [x] sheep, [x mi]nas of gold |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] your house [...]-peopl[e ...] |
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 | [a]-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}⸢AG—MU⸣—[SI.SA₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ šu-lum a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia-a-ma] | |
| 5 | aš₂-šu₂ ⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ ša₂ [LUGAL EN-a] | |
| 6 | iš-pu-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | 01 me 88 ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃-bi 53 [ZI-tim] | |
| 9 | 20 GUD-MEŠ | |
| 10 | 24 ANŠE-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | [x] UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.GI | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x] E₂-ku-nu {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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