CT 54, 494 (P237181)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237181 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Your servant Nabû-ili: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | (Regarding) Sagibi and the Tyrians with him, of whom the king wrote: "Who is the eunuch [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | and the barley (and) seeds ... |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | In your house the 'washing of the mouth' |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [...] wood, houses |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | we will lay [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | I want to see ... [...] of the king to [...]. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | I am herewith sending to the king the Ty[rians and the ...] which you set for them, as well as their wardens [...], Rahi and Ia[...]. May the king [...] the [...] and the price [...]. |
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}⸢AG⸣—DINGIR | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia lu-⸢lik⸣ | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4 | {1}sa₁₆-gi-bi u₃ {lu₂}ṣu-ri-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ it-ti-šu₂ ša₂ LUGAL iš-pur | |
| 6 | um-ma man-nu {lu₂}⸢SAG x x⸣-aʾ | |
| 7 | u₃ {še}BAR ⸢NUMUN x x⸣ | |
| 8 | i-na E₂-ka LUH—KA-MEŠ LUH—KA-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [x]+⸢x⸣ GIŠ-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ni-id-⸢di⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | lid ⸢x x⸣ nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂ LUGAL a-na ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | lu-⸢mur⸣ {lu₂}ṣu-⸢ri⸣-[ia x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ taš-kun-šu₂-nu-⸢tu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | u ta-ri-ši-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | {1}ra-hi u₃ {1}ia-[x x x a-na] | |
| 8' | pa-an LUGAL al-⸢tap⸣-[ra x x x] | |
| 9' | LUGAL ša₂ ka-[x x x x] | |
| 10' | u ši-mu [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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