CT 54, 434 (P240445)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 434 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240445 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] will [g]o out and [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'– | [...] ... dug. The exorcist [...] |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 4'b.e. 4'– | [H]ow could they become devoted [t]o the king, my lord? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Sho]uld the king, my lord, say: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | "The camp which in [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] Borsippa [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] quickly [...] |
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⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢x x uṣ⸣-ṣu-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x] x u₂-her-ri {lu₂}MAŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | [x ak]-⸢ka⸣-ʾi-i ki-i pa-ni-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 5' | [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-ni LUGAL EN-ia i-šak-ka-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ki]-⸢i⸣ LUGAL EN-a i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [um]-⸢ma⸣ ma-dak-ti ša₂ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x]-⸢ti⸣ bar-sip{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha-an-⸢ṭiš⸣ [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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