CT 54, 246 (P239177)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 246 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239177 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [Your servant Šu]zubu: I would gladly die [for the gov]ernor, my lord! Say to my lord: I am herewith sending [my ta]blet as a greet[ing to the gov]ernor, [my lord]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | As to the what my people have said, the governor knows that they are spreading lies. Perhaps they will write to my lord about a certain thing that concerns me or about me in person. The governor should not believe them! |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢šu⸣-zu-bu a-na di-na-⸢an⸣ | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}EN].⸢NAM⸣ be-li₂-ia lul-lik | |
| 3 | [um]-⸢ma⸣-a a-na be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 4 | ⸢ṭup⸣-pi a-na šul-⸢mu⸣ [ša₂ {lu₂}EN].⸢NAM⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] ⸢pa⸣-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] x | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ dib-bi ša₂ UN-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2' | {lu₂}EN.NAM i-di ki-i ša₂-ra-a-[ti] | |
| 3' | i-še-eṭ-ṭu-u₂ min₃-de-e-ma | |
| 4' | a-na be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ a-na mim-ma-a | |
| 5' | a-na UGU-hi-ia i-⸢šap⸣-pa-ru-ni | |
| 6' | {[lu₂}EN].⸢NAM la⸣ i-qa-[ap]-⸢šu-nu⸣-ti | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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