CT 54, 205 (P238684)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238684 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [......] say[s ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [......] my [sh]are [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [......] sent to [GN] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [......] are guarding their [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [......] we shall seek |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...... w]ith their brothers |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] go to my lord |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [......] “Get up and” |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...... uni]ted |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [......] with us |
| Obverse [10:16] 11'11'– | [...... the ki]ng of Elam |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......]s of my lord |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...... th]ese |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......]s of happiness |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] the chief eunuch |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......]s |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | [...... an]yone |
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] i-qab-⸢bi⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣{ki} iš-pu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu i-nam-ṣa-ru | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] nu-ba-ʾa | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x] EN-ia il-la-ku | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x] um-ma ti-ba-a-ma | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x]-mi-ih | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ri⸣ it-ti-ni | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]-ta | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ EN-ia | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x a]-⸢gan⸣-nu-tu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ DUG₃-ub ŠA₃ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x]-e | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢mam⸣-ma | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-ma | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢pi⸣ | |
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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