CT 54, 247 (P239178)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239178 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Merodach-Bal[adan ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] who opposite [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] "You are meek [...]" |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] I am meek. The lord of king[s ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] all lands |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... that ...] he had written, ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... the ro]be of a [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] the towns [...] |
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 x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-u₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—[SUM-na x x] | |
| 4' | [x x ki]-⸢ṣir⸣ ša₂ a-na ⸢UGU⸣-[hi x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-ma ma-ka-a-⸢ta⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢ma⸣-ka-ku EN ⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] KUR.KUR-MEŠ gab-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-MEŠ iš-pu-ra a-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x lu-bu]-ul-ti {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢URU⸣-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ [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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