CT 54, 193 (P238668)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 193 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238668 |
| 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' | [... for]ces [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] he set o[ff ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] came out [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... of] my [f]amily [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] who is devoted [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the king [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... the kin]g for lo[ng] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | all [the citi]zens of [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] the crown prince will kill [them]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] learn and [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] they know that [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [...] you returned [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x e]-⸢mu⸣-qu iz-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-ni it-ba-[a x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢it⸣-ta-ṣa-aʾ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}qin-ni-ia₂ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-⸢ša₂⸣ ša₂ am-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x-ma LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-na ar-⸢ra⸣-[ka-a-ti] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}x x]{ki}MEŠ gab-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL i-dak-[šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-hu-uz-ma ⸢uš⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢i⸣-du-u₂ ki-i [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢ta-tur {d⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x 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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