CT 54, 285 (P239313)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 285 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239313 |
| 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' | [......] Babylon |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] into the presence of the chief eunuc[h] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] Jupiter |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'– | [... t]hat I sent hi[s] message |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 7'7'– | [......] I have sent |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...... the king], my [l]ord, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] they go |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...... th]ey have [go]ne out and |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...... th]ey [s]ay |
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 x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TIN.TIR{[ki]} | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na pa-ni {lu₂}GAL—ša₂—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ša₂—⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x] {⸢mul⸣}SAG.ME.GAR | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i ši-pir-ti-⸢šu⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ aš₂-pu-ru | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢al⸣-ta-par | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-a | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x] il-la-ku | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x it]-⸢ta⸣-ṣu-ma | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
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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