CT 54, 227 (P239023)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239023 |
| 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 [0:2] 11–22 | [Your servant ...]qu: [I would gladly] die for the king, [my] lord! May [DNN] bless the king, my lord! Say to the kin[g, my lord]: |
| Obverse [2:4] 33–44 | [NN sw]ears: "There is nobody [who would have ...ed] his hands to[wards ... and who] would not have got well [...]." |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [Has ...] of Assyria become different? For five years [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | [...] we set [our eyes] upon the king [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [...] the earlier [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | [...] until now the king [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [...] which to the truth ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | [...]s who repor[t ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | [...] the gods [...] |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | [... have ...]ed me [...] |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 22 | [... N]ow we have written [to the king], our [lo]rd, very [...]. |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}x-x]+⸢x⸣-qu a-na di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-[ia lul-lik] | |
| 2 | {[d}x u {d}x a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu um-ma-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x i]-⸢tam⸣-ma um-ma mam-ma ša₂ ŠU.2-su a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-šu₂ la iš-li-mu ia-a-aʾ-[nu x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ KUR—aš-šur iš-ni 05 MU-MEŠ ut-[x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x i]-⸢na⸣ UGU-hi LUGAL niš-ku-nu ⸢la⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ⸢mah⸣-ri-ta na-al-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x a-di] UGU-hi en-na LUGAL [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]-⸢har⸣ ša₂ a-na ⸢kit⸣-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ ša₂ ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x [x]-ni [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x] u DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x]-ni-in-ni ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢en⸣-na ki-i ma-ga-⸢al⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ni ni-il-tap-ra [o] | |
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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