CT 54, 254 (P239188)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 254 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239188 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [May ...] Ea, his father, [Belet-Nin]â and Madanu, (and) [Marduk and Zarpan]itu let the king, [my lord], live [for a hundred ye]ars! |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'–o 9'9' | I am [a dea]d [dog]; they tell me [...]. [I d]o the work of the king, [my lord], and bless the king, [because ...] he has remembered me. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | I am [...]; I am [a servant and gua]rdian of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | The king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | [...] Ubaru |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] performed |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | he is [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...... o]f the king, my lord |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] Ubaru |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] of the king |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... should que]stion |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... k]ings |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [...... Za]r[p]anitu |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x {d]}⸢E₂⸣.A AD-šu₂ | |
| 3' | {[d}GAŠAN—ni]-⸢na⸣-{a}KI u {d}DI.KUD | |
| 4' | {[d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar]-⸢pa⸣-ni-ti a-na LUGAL | |
| 5' | [EN-ia₂ 01-me MU].AN.NA-MEŠ lu-bal-li-ṭu | |
| 6' | [UR.KU mi-i]-⸢ti⸣ a-na-ku i-qab-bu-nu | |
| 7' | [um-ma x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu dul-lu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 8' | [EN-ia₂ ep-pu]-uš u LUGAL a-kar-rab | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha-as-sa-an-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]-⸢su⸣ a-na-ku | |
| 11' | [x x ARAD u EN] ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti | |
| 12' | [ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ a]-⸢na⸣-ku LUGAL EN-a ⸢x⸣+[x (x x)] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}u₂-ba-ru | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x e]-te-pu-uš | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] {1}u₂-bar | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 9' | [x x x x x liš]-ʾa-al | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x {d]}⸢zar-pa⸣-ni-tum | |
| 12' | [x 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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