CT 54, 406 (P240326)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 406 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240326 |
| 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/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who] can hear, he[ar it? Does your great divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that ...] the king is ill ...[......]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's] case, be it good, [be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments ......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my o[rdinary soiled garments ......] |
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' | [IGI-ri IGI-mar ŠE].⸢GA-u₂ ŠE⸣.[GA-e DINGIR-ut-ka] | |
| 2' | [GAL-ti ZU-e] [e-zib ša₂ x x x x] LUGAL GIG-uṣ DU₈ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di]-⸢nim⸣ UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ [GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti]-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ [LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂] TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-[ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-e-a ar₂-[ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
Sources & licences
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