CT 54, 302 (P239346)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 302 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239346 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Yo[ur servant] Il[u-i]puš: I would gladly die for [Sargon, the ki]ng of the lands, my lord. May Nabû [and Marduk bless Sargon, the king of the lands, my lord! Say] to the king, my lo[rd]: |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [Be]l has sent me. We will gr[ab the feet of the king of the la]nds, our lord. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] him, and the king, my lord |
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 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}⸢DINGIR—DU₃⸣-uš a-na di-⸢na⸣-[an LUGAL—GIN] | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR EN-ia₂ lul-lik {d}AG [u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3 | ⸢um⸣-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂-a-[ma] | |
| 4 | [x]-šu₂ il-tap-ra-an-ni [x x GIR₃.2 | |
| 5 | [LUGAL KUR].KUR EN-i-nu ni-ṣab-⸢bat⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x]-aš₂-šu₂ u LUGAL EN-a [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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