CT 54, 270 (P239286)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 270 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239286 |
| 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 [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | [May ... my lord not] forsake us, [may he ...] us! |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | The house which my lord [...], may he hold (it) back! |
| Obverse [3:6] 4'4'–6'6' | The bird [which] they sent [t]o the king, [may my lord not] eat it! |
| Obverse [6:8] 7'7'–8'8' | I have fastened [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] comes out |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] I have no prebend, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | I have [no (...)] boat. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | I am but [...], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [may ... my lord not] forsake me! |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x be-li₂ la u₂]-maš-⸢šar-an⸣-na-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣ ša₂ be-li₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] lik-li iṣ-ṣur-tu₂ | |
| 5' | [ša₂ a-na] ⸢UGU⸣ LUGAL iš-pu-ru-nu | |
| 6' | [be-li₂ la] ⸢ik⸣-kal-ši | |
| 7' | [x x x x] uṣ-ṣa-bit | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ṣa-[a] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢la⸣-a {giš}ŠUB.⸢BA⸣-a | |
| 4' | [la-a o] {⸢giš⸣}MA₂-a | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ a-na-ku | |
| 6' | [x x be-li₂ la] u₂-maš-šar-an-ni | |
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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