CT 54, 527 (P237368)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 527 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237368 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | Ṣillaya says: "For (the sake of) the land of Akkad, I will kill Ihiru the Gambulean. [...] in Ša-pi-B[el], I will write deceitfully to the magnates of Chaldea, [s]aying: 'Come! I will kill Šamaš-ibni [and] Nikkal-iddin! I will thr[ow] Nabû-šuma-ibn[i and] Nabû-na'id into iron shackles.' |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] one [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] sealed document [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] quickly forces [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] about audience gifts [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the king should not listen [...]." |
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 | {1}ṣil⸣-la-a i-qab-bi um-ma a-na KUR—URI{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 2 | {1}i-hi-ru {lu₂}gam-bu-la-a.a lu-duk a-na-ku ina {uru}ša₂—<$pi$>-⸢i—d⸣.[EN] | |
| 3 | a-na {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ša₂ kal-da ina pir-ṣa-<$ti$> lu-⸢uš-pur x⸣ [o] | |
| 4 | ⸢um⸣-ma al-ka-nu {1}{d}UTU—ib-ni ⸢x⸣+[x o] | |
| 5 | {1}{⸢d⸣}nin-kal-la—SUM-na lu-duk {1}{d}PA—MU—ib-⸢ni⸣ [u] | |
| 6 | {1}{⸢d⸣}PA—na-ʾi-id HAR AN.BAR lu-⸢uṣ-bat⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ 01.en {⸢lu₂}x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti-mu un-qu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ha-an-ṭiš e-mu-qu ⸢ul-x x x⸣ [x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-lu a-na UGU-hi na-mur-ra-a-ti [x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL la i-šem-mu | |
Sources & licences
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