CT 54, 257 (P239191)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239191 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | When [the ... of] the king, our lord, [..., ...] sent the [host]ages along with horses [...], he cons[olidated] the country through the king. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [The king], our [lo]rd, knows that we are ones who keep the watch of [the king]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] concerning this guard of [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... the king, our lord, may as]k if [...] |
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]-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL EN-i-ni ki-i [x x x x] | |
| 3' | {[tug₂}maš]-⸢ka⸣-nu-MEŠ a-di {anše}KUR.RA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] iš-pu-ra KUR ina ŠA₃-bi LUGAL uk-[tin] | |
| 5' | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-a-ni i-di ki-i na-ṣir EN.NUN ša₂ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] a-na UGU EN.NUN a-ga-a ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢al⸣ ki-i [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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