CT 54, 069 (P237222)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237222 |
| 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/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | The ['sta]tion' is long [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The 'path' [reaches] its 'seats.' |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 'strength' is present. The 'path' on the left of the gall [bladder] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | and the coils of the colon are 16 in number. In [your] fa[vorab]le ext[ispicy] there are two niphus. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | If [over] the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark and [it rises] from [right to left: my army will take] the enemy's [bo]oty. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Month ..., ...]th [day], eponym ye[ar of NN]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | May [Šamaš and] Adad, impose [a just] verdict and grant th[is to the ki]ng, my lord! |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | May they make you attain your goal and [bestow] eternal happiness and health [upon the ki]ng, my lord! |
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 | BE ⸢NA⸣ GID₂.DA [x x x x] | |
| 2 | BE GIR₂ DAG-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [ka-šid] | |
| 3 | BE KALAG GAR GIR₂ 150 ⸢ZE₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ ⸢ŠA₃⸣.NIGIN 16 ina UR₅.[UŠ₂-ka] | |
| 5 | ⸢SILIM-tim⸣ 02 IZI.GAR GAR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 6 | BE [ina UGU] MAŠ₂ {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma TA 15 ana 150 te-bi] | |
| 7 | [ERIM-ni hi]-⸢im⸣-ṣa-a-ti KUR₂ [KU₂] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ban du [x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+x-ti [x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢GUR⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 2' | {iti}KIN UD 17-KAM₂\t lim-⸢me⸣ {1}x x x x] | |
| 3' | {d}UTU u {d}IM DI.⸢KUD⸣ [ki-nu] | |
| 4' | lu-mi₃-du-ma an-⸢na⸣-[a] | |
| 5' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ li-⸢di⸣-[nu] | |
| 6' | ŠA₃.SE₃.SE₃.KI-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 7' | lu-⸢šak⸣-ši-du-⸢u₂⸣-[ka] | |
| 8' | ṭu-ub ŠA₃ u ṭu-ub UZU-[MEŠ] | |
| 9' | ša₂ da-ra-a-⸢ti⸣ [o] | |
| 10' | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ [li-qi₂-šu₂] | |
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