CT 54, 446 (P240217)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 446 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240217 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] great [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... knowing, the army [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... I] shall send [the ar]my [to you ...]" |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] to the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... the ar]my to Bab-bit[qi ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] he and the chief [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] are afraid [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] many from [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... f]rom Babylon to [me] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] are defecting. The Babylo[nians ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] Merodach-Baladan from [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... are f]leeing. Now [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] of the defeat of the enemy [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] a[s ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]-ma ⸢ra-bu⸣-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ mu-di-i e-mu-qu [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x e-mu]-qu a-šap-pa-⸢rak⸣-[ka x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]-⸢ti⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x e]-⸢mu⸣-qu a-na KA₂—bit-[qa x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-nu šu-u₂ u {lu₂}GAL—[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-a-ni-i i-pal-la-hu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ma-du-tu ul-tu pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢ul⸣-tu TIN.TIR{ki} a-na ⸢pa⸣-[ni-ia x x] | |
| 10' | [x i-ma]-⸢aq⸣-qu-tu-na {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—MU ul-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x in]-⸢nab⸣-bi-tu en-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x ša₂ sa-kap KUR₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x] a-ki-[i x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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