CT 54, 412 (P240376)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 412 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240376 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | I have bles[sed the king, m]y [lord, ...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | All the [Larak]ians, Nippurians, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [and Bors]ippeans who [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] the territory in [...], |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | have [...] my [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] to the kin[g, my lord]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [May Bel and N]abû, [your] gods, [give long day]s of g[ood health and happines]s to [the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [......] wit[h ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...... te]rritory [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [......] the brothers [...] |
| Reverse [14:17] r 15'15'–r 17'17' | [who] wen[t] from Nippur [to the king], my [lor]d, [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia ak-ta-rab⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | {[lu₂}UD.UD]{⸢ki⸣}MEŠ {lu₂}EN.LIL₂{[ki}MEŠ o] | |
| 3' | [u₃ {lu₂}BAR₂].⸢SIPA⸣{ki}MEŠ ma-la [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-gur qaq-qar ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]+⸢x-ia⸣ it-te-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-⸢lu⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 7' | [x x x {d}EN u] {⸢d}AG⸣ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ⸢ṭu⸣-[ub UZU o] | |
| 9' | [u₃ ṭu-ub ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ a-na [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-šu₂ lu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢qaq⸣-qar ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[e-mu x] | |
| 14' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x] ⸢x x ul⸣-tu EN.⸢LIL₂⸣{[ki} a-na pa-an] | |
| 16' | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ il-li-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ⸢BAN 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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