CT 54, 196 (P238673)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 196 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238673 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king of the world, my lord: your servant Na]bû-iqb[i. May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king of the world, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [Concerning] Erešu [..., about whom the king], my lord, [gave me] o[rders, ... he h]as entered [...], saying: "[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] Dari-[šarru] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [...... t]o the king, [my] lord |
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 ŠU₂ EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—iq-⸢bi⸣ [o] | |
| 2 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na] LUGAL KUR.KUR [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | [lik-ru-bu a-na UGU {1}e-re-ši {lu₂}[x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x ša₂ LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-a ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[e-mu] | |
| 5 | [iš-ku-na-an-ni x x] a-na ŠA₃-bi [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x i]-⸢te⸣-ru-ub um-⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] {1}da-a-⸢ru⸣—[LUGAL] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x a-na] ⸢UGU⸣ LUGAL be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ul ⸢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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