CT 54, 395 (P240243)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 395 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240243 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] when he/they returned [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] they did [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] let [the ki]ng, my lord, identi[fy ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] will n[ot] listen and [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] are aware ... [..] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [He ...] and [...] of the feet of [...] |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | [Wh]en [...] came, he kept retreating. In the face of [an uprising and] revolt of the people [...] did not go [bef]ore you. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [Now] they are speaking [abou]t the statue of Marduk, [saying: "The statue] is coming." Whatever he says is gossip for the city. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [......] and now in the tents |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [......] his gods will [...] |
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 x x x] x [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x ki⸣-i i-tu-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-pu-šu₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL EN-a⸣ lu-ma-⸢as⸣-[si x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢ul⸣ i-šem-mi-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-e lam-du si-⸢ma⸣-[x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-li-ma ina GIR₃.2 ⸢x⸣+[x] x [x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x ki]-i il-li-ka it-tas-si ina pa-na-⸢at⸣ | |
| 10' | [na-bal-kat₂-tu u₃] si-hu ša UN-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x a-na pa]-⸢ni⸣-ka ul il-li-ku | |
| 12' | [en-na ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ṣal-mi ša {d}AMAR.UTU i-qab-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 13' | [um-ma ṣal-mu il]-la-ka mim₃-ma ina pi-šu dib-bi a-na URU-[ma] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] u a-du-u₂ ina maš-ka-na-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂ i-[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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