CT 54, 516 (P237325)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 516 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237325 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | and the cattle [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the ownership mark of the king [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | is upon (them). No[w then ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | to the roy[al] cohort [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | who surrounded [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The king knows that [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | and ...[...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | hates [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | against [....] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | is plotting [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | hear[d ...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | As[syria ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | thr[ew ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | We [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | of the house of [our] lords [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | all that [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | are coming [..., saying], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | "Leave the colony [...]!" |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | We have not left the colony [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | barley and dates to [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | has not passed. Now then [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | are [...ing] against us, |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | saying: "Because deat[h ...] |
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' | ⸢x x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ AB₂.GUD-HI.A [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ši-in-du ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU-hi a-du-[u₂ x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na kiṣ-ru ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ša₂ il-mu-u₂ ⸢us⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | LUGAL i-du ki-i [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | u₃ ši-ba bi-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | i-zi-ir-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na UGU-⸢hi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | i-dab-bu-[ub x x x x x] | |
| 12' | iš-⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | KUR—aš-[šur{ki} x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢tu⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ṣa-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | id-du-[u₂ x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-ni-ni [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ E₂—be-li₂-⸢i⸣-[ni E₂—be-li₂-⸢i⸣-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ma-al a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | il-lak-u₂-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ka-a-ri muš-šir₃ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | ka-a-ri ul nu-maš-šir₃ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | {še}BAR u ZU₂.LUM.MA a-na [x x x x] | |
| 11' | ul i-ti-iq a-du-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-na UGU-hi-i-ni u₂-⸢ka⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 13' | um-ma aš₂-ša₂ mi-tu-[tu x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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