CT 54, 217 (P238854)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238854 |
| 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] 22–22 | Za[badu ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | knowingly [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | "Kurr[ala'u ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | what canvas [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | the plundered of the land [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | that you have [...] to (all) the lands |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | the lands of ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | Tilmun, the land [...], |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | the Ura[rṭean ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | said [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | he seizes ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the governor of [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | he let consume, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | a bad piece of advice [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | and the gov[ernor ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I have seen [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | After they had tak[en ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | the crown prince, [my] lord, [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | and fumigants [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | all for [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | before [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | as [...] |
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' | šu-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}za-[ba-du x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | mu-⸢da-at-ti⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | um-ma {1}kur-⸢ra⸣-[la-ʾu-u₂ x x x] | |
| 5' | mi-nu ṭu-a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | hab-tu-tu ⸢KUR⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ a-na KUR.KUR ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | KUR.KUR ša₂ ⸢x x⸣ ki [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | NI.TUK{ki} {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | {lu₂}u₂-ra-⸢ar₂⸣-[ṭa-a.a x x x x] | |
| 11' | iq-ta-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] i-ṣa-bat ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x] {lu₂}EN.NAM {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] u₂-ša₂-ki-li [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢la⸣ mil-ka-nu [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x] u₃ <$E₂-šu₂$> {lu₂}⸢EN⸣.[NAM x x x] | |
| 7' | [a]-ta-mar ni-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ar₂⸣-ki ša₂ il-⸢qu⸣-[u₂ x x x] | |
| 9' | [x] {lu₂}DUMU—LUGAL {lu₂}DUMU—LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[a x x] | |
| 10' | u qu-ta-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | gab-bi a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | la—pa-an [x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ki-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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