CT 54, 279 (P239295)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 279 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239295 |
| 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 [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [As for Kalbi]-Ukû, his watch [is strong]. |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] the watch which I ke[ep] for the king [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] he attacked, not [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... him]self [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] do! ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] 6'6'–7'7' | [...] just as Lan[šê ...] |
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' | [aš₂-šu₂ {1}kal-bi]—u₂-ku-⸢u₂ EN⸣.NUN-⸢šu₂⸣ [dan-nat] | |
| 2' | [x x x EN].⸢NUN⸣-ti ša₂ a-na LUGAL a-⸢nam⸣-[ṣar] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣-hi-ṭu la tu-u₂-[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] <$x$> ram-⸢ni⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x] e-pu-uš ⸢ka⸣-[x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x ki]-i ša₂ {1}la-⸢an⸣-[še-e] | |
| 7' | [x x x 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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