CT 54, 271 (P239287)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 271 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239287 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... Š]ullumu |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... the m]ajor domo of |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] Šullum[u] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [...... Baby]lon |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-me ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x {1}⸢šul⸣-lu-mu [o] | |
| 4' | [x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—E₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—E₂ ša₂ [o] | |
| 5' | [x x] {1}šul-lu-⸢mu⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [x x TIN].⸢TIR{ki⸣} [o] | |
| 7' | [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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