CT 54, 229 (P239045)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 229 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239045 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] live [in Cutha] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [...] pray to [Nergal, and L]aṣ for the life [of the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] Emeslam |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the king's [se]al |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [...] the lord |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... al]l the lands |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] the mouth of the king, my lord |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] news |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] at the feet |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] fell |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] has stolen |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [... Baby]lon |
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' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu | |
| 3' | [x ina GU₂.DU₈.A]{⸢ki⸣} aš₂-bu-uʾ | |
| 4' | {[d}U.GUR u₃ {d]}⸢la⸣-aṣ a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia] ⸢u₂⸣-ṣal-lu-u₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂.MES.LAM | |
| 7' | [x x x x x un]-qu LUGAL | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] EN | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣{ki} | |
| 10' | [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]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka | |
| 4' | [x x x x gi]-mir KUR.KUR | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]-⸢e⸣ pi LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-qu ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-⸢nim⸣-ma | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢a-na⸣ GIR₃.2 | |
| 9' | [x x x x x ki]-⸢i in-qut⸣-tu | |
| 10' | [um-ma x x x x]+⸢x il⸣-te-riq | |
| 11' | [x x x x x TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki} | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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