CT 54, 199 (P238677)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238677 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... ] well-being [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [... the k]ing, our lord [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] our [br]other [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... the k]ing, our lord [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] house [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] which/of [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [... fro]m the day [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] 11'11'–12'12' | [...] the watch [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] wha[t ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... he s]aid: "[...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Do not [...] a messenger [...]! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | He (is) [in G]N; to seize [..] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] When we did [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] we fetched [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... w]ith him [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] I waited [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] to [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]-⸢mu⸣ šu-⸢lum⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-i-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ni [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-i-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] E₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]-ma ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-tu-nu [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x ul]-⸢tu⸣ UD-mu [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x] EN.⸢NUN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] it [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] mi-nu-[u₂ x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-e ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x iq-ta]-⸢bi⸣ um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN la ta-[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]{ki} šu₂-u₂ a-na ṣa-ba-[ti x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]-bu ki-i ni-pu-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| 8' | [x]-⸢nu⸣ ni-it-ta-ši [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-šu₂ it-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ak-tir [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ⸢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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