CT 54, 297 (P239328)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239328 |
| 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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] in his presence |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [......] our helper — we keep [the king's] watch [w]ith him. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] of Bit-Dakkur[i] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] in the city and the open count[ry] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] us |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [......] and the watc[h] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] son of Marduk-[...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] the lord of king[s ...] |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | [......] to the king [...] |
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]-⸢i⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣-ra | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-na pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] re-ṣa-a-nu EN.NUN | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-šu₂ ni-nam-ṣar | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ E₂—{1}da-ku-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ši⸣ ina URU u ⸢EDIN⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-rab⸣-na-ši | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mu-ma EN.⸢NUN⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] be-li₂ LUGAL-[MEŠ x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] ⸢a-na⸣ LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ an ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x-an⸣-na [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [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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