CT 54, 237 (P239167)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 237 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239167 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] the stron[g] king [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] yo[ur lor]dship [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] to the king, [my] l[ord], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... the k]ing, m[y] lord, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... th]ey [spe]ak. In [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... N]ow the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] inside a boa[t ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... the Ba]bylonians [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [... sa]ying: "Whe[n ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] deed[s ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] we shall und[o ...] |
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⸣ LUGAL dan-⸢nu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ bi [x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x be]-⸢lut⸣-ti-⸢ka⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-te a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | [x x i-dab]-bu-bu ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢en⸣-na LUGAL be-[li₂-a x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠA₃ {giš}⸢MA₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x {lu₂]}⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki}MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢um⸣-ma im—ma-⸢ti⸣ im—ma-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ep-še-e-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-tu ni-pa-aš₂-ša₂-[ru x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢x 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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