CT 54, 462 (P236962)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 462 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236962 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant, [M]arduk-naṣir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | Sasiya, son of ..., Erišu ... [and NN] (are) [w]ith Remanni-Adad, the chariot dr[i]ver. [Nab]û-uhašu and Bel-eṭir will [g]o up wi[t]h him [in] a swift [c]hariot [...]. May the king, my lord, s[en]d precise [orders]. |
| Obverse [11:20] o 1212– | When I previous[ly reported to] him, on the 4th of Ab (V), S[a]siya and Bel-eṭir [were k]eeping wa[tch on ...]. Now the [...s wh]om they saw, [have] no[t ...]. [During] these four days, they have [b]rought up Na[...] to t[hem ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] twenty chariot[s ...]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | The king should ask [w]hy [......]. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | [May Be]l and Nabû [b]estow [wisdom upon the king]! May [the king, my lord], guard himself! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU—PAB-ir | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ šul-mu a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL ⸢EN-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | {⸢d⸣}PA u {d}⸢AMAR.UTU a⸣-na LUGAL EN-ia ⸢lik-ru-bu⸣ | |
| 5 | {1}sa-si-⸢ia DUMU {1}ni-ma-x x x x⸣-ir | |
| 6 | {1}e-ri-⸢ši⸣ [x]+⸢x-nu x x x x⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢it⸣-ti {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}⸢IM {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—u₂-ha-šu₂ u₃ {1}{⸢d}EN—KAR⸣-ir | |
| 9 | [ina] {⸢giš⸣}GIGIR ša₂ hum-mu-⸢ṭu it-ti⸣-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢il⸣-li-ma a-⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢har⸣-ṣu LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢liš⸣-[pu]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢pa⸣-nu-u₂ ki-i u₂-⸢te⸣-[ra-aš₂]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 13 | [UD] 04-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}NE {1}⸢sa-si-ia⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢KI⸣ {1}{d}EN—KAR-ir EN.⸢NUN⸣ [x x x] | |
| 15 | [it]-⸢ta⸣-ṣa-ru a-du-u₂ {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x-MEŠ] | |
| 16 | [ša₂] ⸢i⸣-mu-ru-šu₂-nu-ti ⸢ul⸣ [x x] | |
| 17 | [ina] 04 UD-MEŠ a-ga-a {1}na-[x x] | |
| 18 | [x] ⸢x⸣ a-na UGU-hi-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 19 | ⸢uq⸣-tar-ri-bu [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] 20 {giš}GIGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL liš-ʾa-⸢al⸣ | |
| 3' | [a-na] ⸢UGU⸣ mi-ni-i | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti | |
| 5' | [x x x {d]}⸢EN u⸣ {d}AG | |
| 6' | [PI.2 a-na LUGAL liš]-ru-ka | |
| 7' | [LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢ra⸣-ma-an-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [li]-iṣ-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
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