CT 54, 263 (P239248)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239248 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [If] it is agreeable [t]o him, [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... dea]th fro[m ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] are in his presence [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [Wh]en [Nab]û-šuma-ereš, the ša[ndabakku, ...] (pleadingly) lifted [his hands towards the dele]gate at the gate of D[N], th[ey] arres[ted him]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | [...] the palace of the king in [...] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | [ki-i] ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu₂ ma-har ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x mi]-⸢tu⸣-tu la—pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]-⸢u₂⸣ ina pa-ni-šu₂ šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—MU—APIN-eš {lu₂}⸢GU₂⸣.[EN.NA x x ŠU.2-su] | |
| 6' | [a-na {lu₂]}⸢qi₂⸣-pi ina KA₂.GAL {⸢d⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ id-ku-u₂ ik-⸢te⸣-[lu-šu₂ x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x]-⸢tir⸣ E₂.GAL ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x 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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