CT 54, 240 (P239170)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239170 |
| 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 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] brought up [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] took [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] Marduk-šarra[ni ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] gave, in [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Ma]rduk-šarrani by the command [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] brought out, with [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...], "Instead of [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... yo]u did, he/it will appe[ar ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] and what [...] |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | [...] you did [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢ul⸣-te-lu-[u₂ x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] il-qi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL-a-[ni x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] id-di-nu i-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—LUGAL-a-ni pi-i [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] u₂-še-ṣu-u₂ it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢um⸣-ma a-na ku-um ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x te]-pu-uš-a in-na-⸢am⸣-[mar x x] | |
| 10' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-ru u₃ ša₂ ih-[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] te-pu-uš-a [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x]-⸢bi⸣-il-[x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x]+⸢x-ma⸣ [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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