CT 54, 225 (P239020)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 225 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239020 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | my messenger to Tyre [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] should I have changed my mind? |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | my two sons hither [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [of whom] I spoke to the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] the kin[g ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-tu-ti [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] x x {lu₂}ni-[x x x] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}A—KIN-a {[lu₂]}A—KIN-a ina {kur}ṣur-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x⸣ a-na-ku-u₂ ṭe₃-[e-ma-a] | |
| 4 | ⸢al⸣-te-nu LUGAL EN-a ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 5 | 02 DUMU-u₂-a a-na a-kan-na ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | [ša₂] a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ aq-bak-⸢kam₂⸣-[ma] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x-ni di-[x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [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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