CT 54, 177 (P237459)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 177 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237459 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | if to [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the taltallakku and [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | saying, “Make it of gold!” [...] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | Marduk-šarru-uṣur and the ch[ief eunuch] — these were present. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'– | When the king, my lord, sent me with the chief eunuch, we conquered Bit-Imbiya, (and) I sent my mother, my brothers and the people of my house [into the presence] of the king, my lord. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'–b.e. 12'12' | [The coh]ort [commander] of the chief eunuch [and ...] ascended and |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 13'13'–b.e. 13'13' | [......] the Son of Anu |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 14'14'– | [the ...]s of the king, my lord |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... the crafts]man of the camp |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | who [...] Kuri'du |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | of the campaign [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | And if I should hear anything bad about the camp, I will tell it to the nobles. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | As to Nabû-ipuš [[...]] and Teispes, the eunuch |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ki-i ⸢a-na x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | tal-tal-lak-ku-ma u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | um-ma ša₂ KUG.GI e-pu-⸢uš⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—ŠEŠ u {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣—[SAG] {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣—[SAG] | |
| 5' | an-nu-tu u₂-šu-uz-zu 0 | |
| 6' | it-ti {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG LUGAL EN-a | |
| 7' | ki-i iš-pu-ra-an-ni | |
| 8' | {uru}E₂—{1}im-bi-ia₂ ni-iṣ-ṣa-bat | |
| 9' | AMA-a ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a u UN-MEŠ E₂-ia₂ | |
| 10' | [a-na pa-an] LUGAL EN-ia₂ al-tap-ra | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | {[lu₂}GAL—ki]-⸢ṣir⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—ki]-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-ki e-te-⸢lu⸣-uʾ-ma | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] DUMU {d}a-nim | |
| 14' | [x x x x x]-MEŠ LUGAL EN-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] al ki ⸢x la⸣ a | |
| 2 | ⸢ma⸣ [x x um]-⸢ma⸣-nu ša₂ ma-dak-tum | |
| 3 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] {1}ku-ri-iʾ-du-u₂ | |
| 4 | ša₂ KASKAL ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ u₃ ki-i mim-ma bi-iʾ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ ma-dak-tum al-te-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | a-na {lu₂}DUMU—DU₃-MEŠ {lu₂}DUMU—DU₃-MEŠ a-qab-bi | |
| 7 | a-na UGU {1}{d}AG—DU₃-uš | |
| 8 | u₃ {1}te-⸢i-ṣi⸣-i-pi-di {lu₂}SAG | |
| 9 | ⸢te⸣-[x x x]-šu-u₂-a u {1}⸢si⸣-[x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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