CT 54, 506 (P237244)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 506 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237244 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king of the lan]ds, [my] lo[rd: your servant, Šuma-id]din. [May Nabû and Marduk] bless the king of the la[nds], my [lo]rd. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | [The sta]tue of Bel which the king, my lord, made [in] Babylon, is short one-half of a ...-garment and the ...-wood for the .... Had the king indeed sent (them), it would have been finished quickly. |
| Obverse [9:26] o 1010– | The 'Son of Dakuru' has frightened the town(s) of Malilati and Apak which the king gave to Bel (and) the official which the royal delegate and I appointed therein. Moreover, he has tu[rned away] his ears and refuses to give dates to Bel. He has shown no respect for the king, saying: "I will give of my own accord and establish my own name." The king should do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 99–r 1414 | As for what I said to the king, my lord, namely: "My money is in the possession of the '[So]n of Dakuru,'" to which the king, my lord, then replied: "[There is no] sealed order. Let (one) come and you will receive [your money] from him." |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | (r 15) (Rest destroyed) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR] ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}MU]—SUM-⸢na⸣ | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a]-na LUGAL KUR.⸢KUR EN⸣-ia | |
| 4 | [lik]-ru-bu | |
| 5 | ⸢ALAM⸣ ša₂ {d}EN ša₂ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 6 | ⸢ina⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} i-pu-šu | |
| 7 | 1/2 {tug₂⸣}pi-i-DA u {giš}⸢ŠA₃.KAL ša₂ x x x x⸣ | |
| 8 | ma-ṭi LUGAL lu-še-bil-ma | |
| 9 | ha-an-ṭiš taq-ti | |
| 10 | {uru}ma-li-la-ti | |
| 11 | u a-pak{ki} ša₂ LUGAL a-na {d}EN | |
| 12 | id-di-nu {lu₂}EN—pi-qit-ti {lu₂}EN—pi-qit-ti | |
| 13 | ša₂ a-na-ku u {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃-bi ni-ip-qi₂-du | |
| 15 | {lu₂}DUMU—da-ku-ru {lu₂}DUMU—da-ku-ru | |
| 16 | ul-ta-ga-liš | |
| 17 | u PI.2-MEŠ-šu₂ ut-[tir-ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ul i-man-gur-ma | |
| 2 | ZU₂.LUM.MA a-na {d}EN | |
| 3 | ul i-nam-din | |
| 4 | la—pa-an LUGAL ul ip-lah₃ | |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku ina ram-ni-ia | |
| 6 | a-nam-din-ma MU-a a-šak-kan | |
| 7 | LUGAL ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 8 | li-pu-uš | |
| 9 | ša₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia aq-bu-u₂ | |
| 10 | um-ma KUG.UD-a ina pa-an | |
| 11 | {[lu₂]}⸢DUMU⸣—da-ku-ru {[lu₂]}⸢DUMU⸣—da-ku-ru u LUGAL EN-a | |
| 12 | [iq-ta-ba]-a um-ma ⸢un⸣-qu | |
| 13 | [ia-aʾ]-⸢nu lil⸣-lik-kam₂-ma | |
| 14 | [KUG.UD-ka] ⸢ta⸣-mah-har-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x ⸢x⸣+[x] tu₂ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣-ma | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | [x x x x x]-ši | |
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