CT 54, 079 (P237107)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237107 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Your servant Bel-i]qiša. [I would gladly] die for Nabû-[šarru-uṣur, my lord! May Na]bû and Marduk ble[ss] my lord! [Say to] my [lord]: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Why [have they ...ed] me as if without exit [...]? |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | After [...] to the town Labba[nat], I have strengthened my [...] and hitched up m[ules ... at] fortified [...]s. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] they keep sending [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] they have [n]ot spared [...] for you |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] they do not bring up [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [...] and to Baby[lon ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] ... [...] will hea[r ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......-u]ṣur [...] all the Arameans at [his] disposal |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] ... and [...] in their midst |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] they did not obtain his [...]. Now then ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] send everything and the army [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] we will do. Now we know [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] May my lord tell him to persuade [him to ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] ... of the king by means of campaigns [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] to Babylon and Borsippa [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... Ba]bylon and [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [are saying]: "Now [we know that ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] the field of Marduk-le'i [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [... exti]spicy and his portents |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...] and let them lay them down. He is laid in a neck stock [...] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [...] Let me examine if in the house [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | [......] having named, not [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [... the arm]y to you [...] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | [...] Bel and Nabû [...] |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | [...] ... and if [...] |
| Reverse [22:23] r 23'23'–r 23'23' | [...] ... may the king send [...] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 24'24'–r 24'24' | [... in] truth to [my] lord [...] |
| Reverse [24:25] r 25'25'–r 25'25' | [... yo]ur message [...] |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | [...] your [...] the Babylo[nians ...] |
| Reverse [26:27] r 27'27'–r 27'27' | [...] captives and [...] |
| Reverse [27:28] r 28'28'–r 28'28' | [...] ... and ... [...] |
| Reverse [28:29] r 29'29'–r 29'29' | [...] are full [...] |
| Reverse [29:30] r 30'30'–r 30'30' | [...] I have put [in] Elam, [...] |
| Reverse [30:32] r 31'31'– | [...] as much as I [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 32r.e. 32–r.e. 32r.e. 32 | [... sec]retly [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 3333–r.e. 3333 | [...] in Babyl[on ...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 3434–r.e. 3434 | [...] in[to ...] |
| Right [4:5] r.e. 3636–r.e. 3636 | [...] in El[am] |
| Right [6:7] r.e. 3838–r.e. 3838 | May [my lord quickly] send [...]! |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN]—⸢BA⸣-ša₂ a-na di-na-an {1}{d}AG—[LUGAL—ŠEŠ be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [lul-lik d].⸢AG⸣ u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na be-li₂-ia lik-⸢ru⸣-[bu um-ma-a] | |
| 3 | [a-na be-li₂]-ia-a-ma am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni ki-i la mu-ṣu-[u₂ x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]-in-ni ul-tu a-na {uru}lab-ba-⸢an⸣-[na-at x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]-it-ti ud-dan-nin u₃ ku-[da-ni x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢dan⸣-na-ti ar₂-ta-ka-as [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x]{ki} il-ta-nap-pa-ru [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣ ip-du-ku-nu-ši {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x] ul u₂-qar-ra-[bu x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢nu-ma⸣ a-na TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] i-šem-[me x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}a-ra-⸢mu ma⸣-la pa-ni [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-⸢im⸣-ma i-na ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu ri-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]-šu₂ ul ir-šu-u₂ a-du-u₂ il-[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x mim-ma] mal₂ šu-pur-ma e-mu-qu iš-[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ni-ip-pu-uš en-na ni-di [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x] be-li₂ liq-bi-šu šuk-pi-id-⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-nu-u₂ ša₂ LUGAL i-na ŠA₃-bi ger-⸢ra⸣-[x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] a-na TIN.TIR{ki} u BAR₂.SIPA{⸢ki⸣} [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] x x x [x x] ⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki} u₃ [x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢um⸣-ma en-[na ni-di] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DA [x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x ba]-ru-ta u₃ GISKIM-MEŠ-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x]-⸢ma⸣ liš-ku-nu eh-rin-nu na-di ku-[x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-mas-si ki-i ina E₂ [x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ib-bu-u₂ ul [x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x e-mu]-⸢qu⸣ a-na UGU-hi-ku-[nu x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x] {d}EN u {d}AG mu-[x x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x x x]-e u₃ ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x x x x x x x]-nu LUGAL liš-pu-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 24' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢kit⸣-ti a-na be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x x x x x x] na-aš₂-par-ti-ku-[nu x x x x] | |
| 26' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ta⸣-ka {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ x x x] | |
| 27' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢hu⸣-ub-tu u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 28' | [x x x x x x x]-na u₃ ⸢ra⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 29' | [x x x x x x x] ma-lu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 30' | [x x x i-na {kur]}⸢NIM⸣.MA{ki} aš₂-⸢kun⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 31' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-la a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 32 | [x x x x x x x]-rat-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 33 | [x x x x x x x] ina TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x x] | |
| 34 | [x x x x x x x] a-na ŠA₃-[bi x x x x x x x x] | |
| 35 | [x x x x x x x]-nu i-ma-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 36 | [x x x x x x] i-na NIM.[MA{ki} x x x x x x] | |
| 37 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ id ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 38 | [be-li₂-a ha-an-ṭiš] liš-pu-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
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