CT 54, 397 (P240254)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240254 |
| 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 11–o 11 | [...] bread, half a 'litre' to each person, ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] the deaf say: "[...]." |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The overseer of the household says: "Three [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [T]owards the 3rd day, 2 'litres' came in. When the bread [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] bread at portions of half a 'litre' ...... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [On] the [xth] day, no bread came in. ...... |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Unt[il] the [xth] d[ay], no bread came in. Afterwards, ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88– | [...] one (loaf of) bread was removed. Daniya (and) Bel-[...] uttered [an appeal to the king] concerning the chief eunuch [...], and [...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The [...] say(s): "[...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | "Marduk-[...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "of/who [...] appeal [to the king] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | that [...] |
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⸣ NINDA-HI.A ana LU₂ 1:2 qa ⸢ni-ši ri-qi₂⸣-[i x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] {⸢lu₂⸣}PI.2.LA₂-MEŠ ⸢x-ma⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 3 | {⸢lu₂}ša₂⸣—UGU-hi—⸢E₂⸣ um-ma 03 ⸢x⸣ KAM ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢ina GABA⸣ UD 03-KAM 02 qa TU NINDA-HI.A ki-i ⸢x⸣ x | |
| 5 | ⸢x x⸣ NINDA-HI.A ina ŠA₃-bi 1:2 qa ni-ši ri-qi₂-i a BAD ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢x UD x-KAM⸣ NINDA-HI.A la₃ TU lid-da-a PI ša₂ ⸢MAN⸣ [x] | |
| 7 | ⸢a-di UD⸣ [x]-⸢KAM⸣ NINDA-HI.A la₃ TU ar₂-ki-šu₂ KI ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x x x x⸣ 01.en NINDA-HI.A na-ši [a-mat LUGAL] | |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣-na UGU-hi {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | {1}da-ni-ia {1}{d}EN—⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢iq⸣-ta-bu-nu ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {⸢lu₂}x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | um-⸢ma x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣—[x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢um⸣-ma a-mat [LUGAL] | |
| 5 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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