CT 54, 510 (P237275)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 510 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237275 |
| 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/saa10 · 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 ki]ng of the wo[rld, my lord: your servant Nabû-iqbi. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the world, my lord]! |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66–o 1212 | While [I am] keeping the king my lord's watch [here in Nineveh], the commandant of Cutha, Ašaredu, is giving my father's house to a nayālu tenant and turning [al]l my assets into his possession. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [x mi]nas of silver belonging to y[ou] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [......] of mine |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | [......] of the city [...] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | He has seized Commagenean [......] in lieu of 15 m[inas ......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | I speak t[o ......], but nobody [listens to me]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] minas of copp[er ...] |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | [If] it is agreeable to the [ki]ng, my lord, let [the king], my lord see that my assets are taken away from him and given to me. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212–r 1515 | Heaven and earth tremble at the name of the king, my lord; may the lord of kings not forsake me! May my people not die in the money[lender]'s house! |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Let the king of the lands do as he finds appropriate. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL ŠU₂⸣ be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—iq-bi] | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR] | |
| 4 | [be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 5 | ⸢ki⸣-[i a-na-ku a-kan-na] | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [ma]-⸢aṣ⸣-ṣar-ti ⸢ša₂ LUGAL be⸣-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | [a]-⸢na⸣-aṣ-ṣa-ru {1}a-ša₂-ri-du | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR—UMUŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR—UMUŠ ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 10 | ⸢E₂⸣—AD-ia ⸢E₂⸣—AD-ia a-na {lu₂}na-a.a-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 11 | [i]-nam-din u₃ NIG₂.ŠID-ia | |
| 12 | ⸢gab⸣-bi a-na pa-ni-šu₂ u₂-ta-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 13 | [x MA].NA KUG.UD at-tu-u₂-[a] | |
| 14 | [x x x] at-tu-u₂-⸢a⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x]-ṭu ša₂ iš-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x] ⸢šu⸣ 02 ⸢GUD⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣-ar-ru na-[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {[kur]}ki-mu-ha-a.⸢a⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ku-mu 15 ⸢MA⸣.[NA x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢uṣ⸣-ṣab-bit a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-qab-bi-ma mam-ma [ul i-šem-man-ni] | |
| 6 | ⸢x x x x x MA.NA URUDU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] ⸢lu-uk⸣-[x x x] | |
| 8 | [ki-i pa]-⸢an LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia ⸢mah-ru⸣ | |
| 9 | [LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-a li-ip-qid-ma | |
| 10 | [NIG₂].ŠID-ia liš-ši-šu₂-nim-ma | |
| 11 | lid-di-nu-ni a-na šu-mu | |
| 12 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ AN-e u KI.⸢TIM⸣ | |
| 13 | i-nu-uš-šu₂ be-li₂ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 14 | la u₂-maš-šar-an-ni-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 15 | UN-MEŠ-ia ina E₂ {lu₂}DAM.[QAR] | |
| 16 | la i-mut-tu LUGAL KUR.KUR [o] | |
| 17 | ⸢ki⸣-i ša₂ pa-ni-šu₂ mah-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 18 | [o] li-pu-uš [o] | |
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