CT 54, 518 (P237327)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 518 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237327 |
| 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' | May Bel (and) Marduk b[le]ss [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:9] o 3'3'–o 9'9' | Regarding w[hat NN] wrote: "I am [...] among the women ... [...] who are in the palace; [everything] that they do, (or) say to the ki[ng ...], (or) w[rite] to the king, and their passing ...[...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | from the city [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | May the king, my lord, question th[em ...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | The words should not [...], and the king's servants should not wee[p]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Perhaps the king will say: "Why would they we[ep]?" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Reason and counsel [...] there. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | From this very fact the king should re[cognise] that I (am) one who does [...] in the king's presence. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | And if [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] not [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] the mouth of the king [...] |
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 x] | |
| 2' | {d}EN {d}AMAR.UTU a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | ⸢lik⸣-[ru]-⸢bu a-na UGU⸣ [ša₂ x x] | |
| 4' | iš-⸢pu-ru um-ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢MI₂⸣ ša₂ at-tu-[x x x] | |
| 6' | ša₂ ina E₂.GAL a-na-ku um-ma [mim-ma] | |
| 7' | ma-la ip-pu-šu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | i-qab-bu-u₂ a-na LUGAL i-⸢šap⸣-[pa-ru] | |
| 9' | u₃ DIB-qu-šu₂-nu na-sa-[hu x x] | |
| 10' | ul-tu ŠA₃-bi {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11' | {1}x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 2' | liš-al-⸢šu₂-nu⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 3' | dib-bi la ir-⸢ri⸣-[x x x] | |
| 4' | ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL la i-bak-[ku-u₂] | |
| 5' | min₃-de-e-ma LUGAL i-qab-[bi] | |
| 6' | ma-a mi-nam-ma i-bak-[ku-u₂] | |
| 7' | ṭe₃-e-mu u mil-ki ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 8' | ina ŠA₃-bi an-nim-ma LUGAL lu-ma-[as-si] | |
| 9' | ki-⸢i⸣ a-na-ku ša₂ ina IGI LUGAL UŠ ṣir [x] | |
| 10' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ DU₃ u₃ ki-i pa-[an x] | |
| 11' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-a ul ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢pi-i⸣ ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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