CT 54, 396 (P240245)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 396 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240245 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...], saying: "Twice |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] have been saying about us |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] are sending [... to the king], my lord |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] are cut off |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] has eaten bread |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] for one seah of barley |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [...] has eaten [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... unde]r him |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] have given |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] them |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Babylon |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | [...] he |
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 x]-⸢aʾ um⸣-ma 02-šu₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x i]-⸢na⸣ UGU-hi-ni i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x be]-li₂-ia₂ i-šap-pa-ru-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ bu-ut-tu-qa | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-di NINDA-MEŠ i-ta-kal | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i 1(ban₂) {še}BAR | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-MEŠ i-ta-kal | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x šap]-⸢lu⸣-uš-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]-di id-di-nu | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-daq-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KA₂.DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu₂-u₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-a-mu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]-⸢du⸣ | |
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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