CT 54, 350 (P239416)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 350 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239416 |
| 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] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [The king, my lord], can [be glad]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [News] of the son of [Yakin: he ......]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | As to the n[ews of ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] in [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] and [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] is getti[ng ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] wherever [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Nippur [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] says: "[......]" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] of barley and [...] flour [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I respect the treaty of the ki[ng ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | He fled [.......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | "(All) the lands as [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | he has sei[zed] with them [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | he fled [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | because thus [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | because [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... wi]th the shei[kh .......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [who ca]me, they will con[quer ......] |
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' | ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia lu DUG₃.GA aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em] | |
| 2' | ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | aš₂-šu₂ ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[em ša₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x ina⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] i-raš-⸢šu₂⸣-[u₂ x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e-kam₂-ma [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢EN⸣.LIL₂{ki} u₂-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] i-qab-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x na]-⸢sa⸣-hu ša₂ {še}BAR ZID₂.[DA x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x]+⸢x⸣ pa-an a-de-e ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9' | pal-ha-ku it-ta-⸢bit⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | um-ma KUR.KUR ki-i ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | it-ti-šu₂-nu iṣ-⸢ṣa⸣-[bat x x x x x] | |
| 12' | it-ta-bit KUR [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | aš₂-ša₂-a a-ki-i [x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢aš₂⸣-ša₂-a ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x it]-ti {lu₂}na-⸢si⸣-[ku x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x il]-⸢li⸣-ku-ni i-kaš-[ša₂-du 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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