CT 54, 483 (P237076)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 483 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237076 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Tablet of Sî[n-duri] to the king, [his] lord. The guard of Eanna and the temple of your gods are well. |
| Obverse [4:12] o 55–o 1212 | Nabû-šuma-iškun, the governor, the foster child of the king, is paralysing me because of the garden and the men; he does not let me to do my work in peace. The king could solve the matter with one word, so that there would be silence between us! Now he is going to the audience of the king. Let the king decide what is (to be done). |
| Obverse [12:19] o 1313–o 1919 | Qištiya, the prelate, is turning me into a laughingstock in the assembly, he is telling me: "Chaff in excess of one litre should go for interest." With the king's prefect [...] ..., and this [...] me. I shall not speak before a word from the king. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | [...] Doing justice [...] the sun |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 2222–b.e. 2222 | [...] the guard |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] are not good. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] me [...] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | [...] They have [chang]ed the barley of the temples for oil; they have not brought it in nor laid it in its place. May the king send (word) so that they will bring the barley back into the storehouse. |
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 | ṭup-pi {1}{d}30—[BAD₃] | |
| 2 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | a-na ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti ša₂ E₂.AN.NA | |
| 4 | a-na E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka šul-mu | |
| 5 | {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ ku-nu-ut LUGAL | |
| 6 | a-na UGU {giš}SAR-MEŠ u ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u₂-sa-am-man-ni ul u₂-maš-šar-ni-ma | |
| 8 | dul-la-a ul ip-pu-uš 01-en a-mat | |
| 9 | LUGAL li-ip-ru-su-ma i-na bi-rit a-ha-meš | |
| 10 | lu-u₂-sa-ak-kit-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 11 | a-du-u₂ a-na pa-an LUGAL il-lak | |
| 12 | mi-nu-u₂ šu₂-u₂ LUGAL li-ip-ru-su | |
| 13 | {1}NIG₂.BA-ia {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM i-na pu-uh-ru | |
| 14 | ṣu-hi-ti-ia i-šak-kan i-qab-ba-a | |
| 15 | ⸢um⸣-ma i-na UGU 01 qa pe-e a-na ru-ub-bi-i | |
| 16 | [li]-⸢il-lik it⸣-ti {lu₂}ša₂-kan ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 17 | [x x x x x]-a u₃ a-ga-a | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]-an-ni la—pa-an a-mat LUGAL | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] ul a-dab-bu-bu | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢muš⸣-te-ša₂-ra {d}UTU | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ EN.⸢NUN⸣ | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x]-re-e | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri la ṭa-a-bu | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x]-an-ni | |
| 4 | [x x] x [x x] {še}BAR ša₂ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | a-na I₃.GIŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ [pu]-hu-u₂ ul u₂-še-ri-bu-nim-ma | |
| 6 | i-na a-šar-šu₂ ul id-du-u₂ | |
| 7 | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-ma {še}BAR lu-tir-ru-nim-ma | |
| 8 | a-na E₂—NIG₂.GA E₂—NIG₂.GA lu-u₂-še-ri-bu-nu | |
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