CT 54, 234 (P239163)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 234 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239163 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the ki]ng, [our lord]: your [servant]s Nabû-[šuma-lišir and] Eṭeru. [Say to the king, our lord]: |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | The bread [in] the temple is excellent. The guard of Esaggil [and Babylon is strong]. The sacrifices [...] greatly. The king, our lord, can be [happy]. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | May all the royal [...] that [the king], our lord, g[ave] to [..., ...] a strong heart may [...]! |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [N]N (and) Bel-i[bni have sa]id: "[...]" |
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⸣ [KUR.KUR be-li-ni] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka {1}{d}AG—[MU—SI.SA₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢u₃⸣ {1}e-ṭe₃-ru ⸢um⸣-[ma-a a-na be-li-ni] | |
| 4 | [ina] E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR NINDA-HI.A ba-[ni x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢EN⸣.NUN E₂.SAG.⸢IL₂⸣ [u TIN.TIR{ki} dan-nat] | |
| 6 | ⸢zi⸣-bu ma-aʾ-⸢diš⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [ŠA₃]-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li-⸢ni⸣ [lu-u₂ ṭa-bi] | |
| 8 | [x] LUGAL ma-la a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [LUGAL] be-la-ni id-[di-nu x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ŠA₃ dan-nu ⸢li⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-mu-nu {1}{d}EN—⸢ib⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 12 | [iq-ta]-⸢bu⸣-u₂ ⸢um-ma⸣ [x x x x 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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