CT 54, 269 (P239284)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 269 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239284 |
| 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' | without a shiel[d ...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'– | open [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 4'b.e. 4'–b.e. 4'b.e. 4' | I wro[te ...] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 5'5'–b.e. 5'5' | reliable [...] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 6'6'–b.e. 6'6' | with him [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Nobody shot an arro[w ...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Bel-kina, [his] son, |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | and man[y] Babylo[nians ...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | and the f[r]iend [...] |
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] | |
| 2' | ša₂ la a-ri-⸢tum⸣ [o] | |
| 3' | pe-ti-ti [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | al-⸢ṭu⸣-[ru x] | |
| 5' | ki-i-⸢ni x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢it-ti-šu₂ x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢mam-ma šil⸣-ta-⸢hi⸣ [x] | |
| 2 | ⸢ul is⸣-la-a [x x] | |
| 3 | {1}{⸢d}EN—ki⸣-na DUMU-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | ⸢u₃⸣ {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ma-aʾ-du-⸢ti⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢u {lu₂}EN—MUN {lu₂}EN—MUN x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢ma 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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