CT 54, 221 (P238936)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238936 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] Ašar[edu]. May [Nabû and Marduk for ... many] years establish [......] give [......] to [......]! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] the lord of kings [...] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [......] year [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] sign [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] heart to your presence [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] I about it [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] will get scared [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] will ave[rt] the [...] of the eclipse. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] very [...] to the king. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Ma[y the lord of kings] be everlasting! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [From Ašar]edu. |
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 EN-ia₂ ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}a-ša₂-⸢ri⸣-[du] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x lu]-kin-⸢nu⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-⸢bi⸣ a-na nu-[x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lid-⸢di⸣-[nu] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] EN LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] ha a ⸢ri⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢GISKIM x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ŠA₃-bi a-na pa-ni-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na-ku a-na UGU-hi [x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-pal-la-⸢hu⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [x x x x pa]-an ša₂ AN.MI u₂-še-⸢ti⸣-[iq] | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ dan-niš a-na LUGAL [x x] | |
| 8' | [EN LUGAL-MEŠ] ⸢lu⸣ da-ri [o] | |
| 9' | [ša₂ {1}a-ša₂]-⸢ri⸣-du [o] | |
Sources & licences
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