CT 54, 337 (P239398)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 337 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239398 |
| 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 [0:6] 11–66 | [Your servant Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord]! Say [to the king], my [lo]rd: [I have sent m]y [messenger] to gree[t the king, the hors]es and the soldiers. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | I was c[oming to Dur-Šar]rukku |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [... the]re was not; Anu-[...], |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | [a ...] my companion, the leader [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | [...] went [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | [... in the pr]esence of the king [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | [...], saying: "W[hy ...] |
| Obverse [16:20] 1717– | [...] us [...] |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [a-na di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | [lul-lik] um-⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL be]-li₂-ia-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | {[lu₂}DUMU—KIN]-⸢ia⸣ {[lu₂}DUMU—KIN]-⸢ia⸣ a-na šul-⸢mi⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 6 | {[anše}KUR.RA]-MEŠ u₃ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [al-tap-ra] | |
| 7 | [a-na {uru}BAD₃]—⸢LUGAL⸣-ki al-[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x ia]-ʾa-a-⸢nu⸣ {1}{d}a-⸢num⸣—[x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x {lu₂]}ru-u₂-a a-lik—pa-ni a-lik—pa-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢il⸣-lik-u₂-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]-na ma-al-[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]-⸢ga⸣-a-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x] ⸢id⸣-di-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢pa⸣-an LUGAL ki-[i x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x]-⸢ab⸣ um-ma mi-[nam-ma x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x]-⸢an⸣-na-a-ši [x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x] aš₂-šu₂ ra-[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | [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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