CT 54, 523 (P237348)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 523 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237348 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king of the lands], my lord: your servant Bel-ušezib. May [Bel, Nabû and Šam]aš bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day]: reliable [speech], the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [If the day reaches its normal length: a rei]gn of long days. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king] will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [If ......]... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] The king, my lord, [can be] gl[ad indeed]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | All [gods] to the king my lord |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] old age |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] days [have o]rdained |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 8r.e. 8 | [......]... old age |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 99–r.e. 99 | [......] will enjoy, and his country will expand |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | [...... t]his [...] is left |
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 | [a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be]-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-zib | |
| 2 | {[d}EN {d}AG u {d]}⸢UTU⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-u₂-bu | |
| 3 | 1 {d}30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI.LAL KA] ⸢GI⸣.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 4 | 1 UD-mu ina ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA BALA]-e UD-me GID₂.DA-ME | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina] ⸢IGI⸣.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir LUGAL [SAG].KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 6 | 1 x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ŠA₃ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4' | [dan-niš lu-u₂ ha-di DINGIR-MEŠ] ⸢ka⸣-la-me a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ ⸢id⸣-[x x]+⸢x⸣-me ši-i-bu-ti | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x] UD-me ⸢x⸣+[x iq]-⸢ta⸣-bu-u₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢gi⸣ UGU-nu ⸢x⸣ ŠEŠ ma-du-⸢ta⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢ti⸣ GUB-za ši-i-bu-ti | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]-ti i-ša₂-bi KUR-su DAGAL-⸢iš⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x an]-nu-u re-e-hi | |
Sources & licences
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