CT 54, 414 (P240381)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 414 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240381 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [May ...] bless the king of the lands, [our lord]. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | I[t is written in] the treaty: "Write me (about) whate[ver] you se[e] and h[ear]!" |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Now then] Nabû-kina-[...], |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'– | foreman of the ob[lates ...], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [has ...ed] to [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | N[N ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | on the 1st day [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | with [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | sp[oke] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | not [......] |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL KUR.⸢KUR⸣ [EN-ni] | |
| 3' | lik-ru-⸢bu⸣ [ina ŠA₃] | |
| 4' | a-de-e ⸢iš⸣-[ša₂-ṭir] | |
| 5' | um-ma <mi>-im-[ma ma-la] | |
| 6' | ta-am-⸢ma⸣-[ra] | |
| 7' | u₃ ta-[šem-ma-aʾ] | |
| 8' | šup-ra-ni [a-du-u₂] | |
| 9' | {1}{d}AG—ZI—[x x x] | |
| 10' | GAL—{lu₂}ši-[ra-ki GAL—{lu₂}ši-[ra-ki x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4 | UD 01-[KAM₂ x x x] | |
| 5 | it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | id-[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | da-[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | bal-[x x x x] | |
| 9 | ul [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | {⸢lu₂}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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