CT 54, 277 (P239293)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 277 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239293 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 2'2'–b.e. 2'2' | [which I brou]ght in, [...] to the crown prince |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 3'3'– | [... N]atannu |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... together w]ith his cohort which the king, [my] lo[rd], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] in the cit[y ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... m]en [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x a]-⸢bu⸣-ku a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x {1}⸢na⸣-tan-nu [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x a]-⸢di⸣ ki-iṣ-ri-šu₂ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂ o] | |
| 2 | [x x x]-⸢a⸣-ku it-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x]-bi-tu ⸢li⸣-[x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢i⸣-na ⸢URU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢ERIM-MEŠ 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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