CT 54, 447 (P240228)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240228 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... in [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] as he he[ld back ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] Bel-le'ann[i ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] Qibi-Be[l ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] their [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... the pe]ople are con[fident ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] their [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] their [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... w]ent out [...] |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'–o 14'14' | [... f]ro[m ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] wen[t ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] merchant [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] jeweller [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] Esaggil [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] he will take o[f ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... will g]o up and [...] the gate o[f ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] against me not [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] Now then the arche[rs ...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | [...] Merodach-Balada[n...] |
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]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ la [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-ni i-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] ki-i ik-⸢te⸣-[li x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] {1}{d}EN—ZU-an-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x] {uru}qi₂-bi—{d}⸢EN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]-ni-šu₂-nu ip-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ ⸢tak⸣-[lu x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x u₂]-ṣu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x ul]-⸢tu⸣ ŠA₃-[bi x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x]-bu la [x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x] i-te-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] il-⸢lik⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}DAM.QAR [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]-⸢bu⸣ za-zi-ni ki-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] {e₂}sag-gi-li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] i-laq-qa SAG [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x e]-⸢le⸣-e-ma KA₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ UGU-hi-ia la [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x a]-⸢du⸣-u₂ a-na {lu₂}{giš}⸢BAN⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—⸢MU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x 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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