CT 54, 484 (P237105)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 54, 484 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237105 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king’s word to the Gambulians, young and old: I am well, you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | Concerning what you said, “After we turned our faces towards the king, our lord, we have emigrated from the city of Sallat and settled in the Fortress of Lihbuqu” — |
| Obverse [11:19] o 1212– | God himself opened your ears for your life and you heard him; you sought the servitude of the house of your lords (and) grasped my feet. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | From this day on I shall listen to everything that you say and do, and shall give you what you request. |
| Reverse [5:13] r 66– | As to Remutu of whom you spoke, let him come and see my face; I will dress him up, honour him, encourage him and appoint him over you. |
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 | a-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}gam-bu-la-a.a | |
| 3 | {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ u TUR-MEŠ | |
| 4 | DI-mu a.a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu | |
| 5 | lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu-ši ina UGU | |
| 6 | ša₂ taq-ba-a um-ma ul-tu | |
| 7 | UGU ša₂ pa-ni-ni a-na pa-an LUGAL | |
| 8 | EN-ni ni-iš-ku-nu ul-tu | |
| 9 | {uru}ša₂-la-ti ki-i | |
| 10 | ni-ig-la-a ina BAD₃ | |
| 11 | ša₂ li-ih-bu-qu nit-ta-šab | |
| 12 | DINGIR šu-u₂ PI.2-ku-nu | |
| 13 | ki-i ba-la-ṭi-ku-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | ip-te-ti tal-⸢te-a⸣ | |
| 15 | ar-da-($erased MESZ?$) E₂ | |
| 16 | EN-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | tub-te-eʾ-a ina GIR₃.2-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ta-aṣ-ṣab-ta ul-tu | |
| 3 | ŠA₃ UD-mi a-ga-a am—mar | |
| 4 | ša₂ ta-qab-ba-a a-šam-me | |
| 5 | u₃ ša₂ te-re-ša₂ ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 6 | a-nam-dak-ku-nu-ti ina UGU | |
| 7 | {1}ri-mu-tu ša₂ taq-ba-a | |
| 8 | li-li-kam₂-ma IGI-ia | |
| 9 | li-mur lu-lab-bi-su | |
| 10 | ku-ba-di-šu lu-uš-kun | |
| 11 | ŠA₃-bu lu-uš-kun-šu₂ | |
| 12 | u₃ ina UGU-hi-ku-nu | |
| t.e. | ||
| 13 | lu-up-qid-su | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.