CT 54, 463 (P236973)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 463 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236973 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | To the king of the world, my lord: your servant Nabû-iqbi. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the world, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:10] 55–1010 | (While) I am here keeping the king my lord's watch, the commandant of Cutha, Aš[ar]edu, has given my father's house to a nayālu tenant and ousted my brothers from t[heir] home. |
| Obverse [10:14] 1111–1414 | When my brother was approaching Cutha, at his feet which [......] to Cutha |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] said to my [...]: "I hate the country in which your brother is living, along with you." |
| Reverse [3:12] r 4'4'–r 12'12' | My legal adversary who took 50 minas of silver and a mina of gold from my father's house, has been taking bribes from another legal adversary of mine and (this) legal adversary of mine has placed him in his hem; he has taken my garden and given it to his nephew. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 13'13'– | Let the king of the lands do as he finds appropriate. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
| 3 | {⸢d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU⸣ a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | a-na-ku a-kan-na ma-aṣ-⸢ṣar-ti⸣ | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-na-aṣ-ru | |
| 7 | {1}a-ša₂-ri-du {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 8 | ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} ⸢E₂—AD-ia⸣ ⸢E₂—AD-ia⸣ | |
| 9 | a-na {lu₂}na-a.a-lu it-ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 10 | u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a ul-tu E₂-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 11 | ul-te-ṣi ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 12 | a-na GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} ki-i iṭ-⸢hu⸣-u₂ | |
| 13 | i-na GIR₃.2-šu₂ ša₂ a-na ku-te-e | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x-ia⸣ iq-ta-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 2' | um-ma KUR ša₂ ŠEŠ-ka ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3' | aš₂-bu it-ti-ku-nu | |
| 4' | a-ze-e-ri EN-MEŠ | |
| 5' | di-ni-ia ša₂ 50 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 6' | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI ul-tu E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia | |
| 7' | ⸢iš-šu⸣-u₂ šul-ma-nu | |
| 8' | ⸢la—pa⸣-an EN-MEŠ di-ni-ia | |
| 9' | it-ta-kal u₃ EN-MEŠ | |
| 10' | di-ni-ia ina qa-an-ni-šu₂ | |
| 11' | il-ta-kan {giš}SAR-ia | |
| 12' | ⸢ki-i⸣ iš-šu-u₂ a-na DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 13' | ⸢it-ta⸣-din LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 14' | ⸢ki-i⸣ ša₂ pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | ⸢mah-ru li-pu-uš⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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