CT 54, 060 (P237528)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237528 |
| Museum no. | BM 099229 + |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [yo]u conquered [...; a pr]iest should not [...] the king! [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | When the king [...] truth [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the hands of the king [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [They] should not make [...] slip [from the hands of the kin]g, my lord! |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] sons, as many as the king, your father, [...ed] in the land of Akkad, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | the house of Merodach-Baladan [...] their [...]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | H[e] hea[rs] his affairs and his news, but does not write [to the ki]ng, my lord. The kin[g should question him]. |
| Obverse [12:17] o 13'13'–o 17'17' | [The s]haven (clerics) whom Eriba-Ma[rduk, M]erodach-Baladan and Zer-kitt[i-lišir con]secrated, have been [sh]aven up till [now]. Th[ey] enjo[y] their prebends, (and) bless them [bef]ore the gods. |
| Obverse [17:22] o 18'18'–o 22'22' | (As for) [mys]elf and my brothers, Sennacheri[b, king of the l]ands, your father, sh[a]ved u[s. We enjoy preb]ends before the Lady of Uruk. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | May [the kin]g send [Ma]r-Issar, the [scr]ibe who is in the land of Akkad, [t]o Balaṭ[u], the prelate, and may he [sh]ave u[s] for the [offices th]at we hold. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | We pra[y] every [da]y to the Lady [o]f Uruk and Nanaya fo[r the l]ife [of the ki]ng, my lord. |
| Reverse [7:14] r 8'8'–r 14'14' | Earlier, [the king], your father (and) your grandfather [a]sked Ṣillaya about these [mat]ters. Now Bel-eṭir (is) [in the pres]ence of the king. May the king question him, let him make the things known, and let the king (then) do as he deems best. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [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 x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢ZI x⸣ [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢tak⸣-ta-šad {[lu₂]}⸢SANGA⸣ LUGAL la ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-a.a kit-tu₂ ⸢x x⸣ LUGAL ⸢ki-i⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-zu NI.TUK.KI [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 7' | [x] ŠU.2 LUGAL la ⸢x x x⸣+[x ina] | |
| 8' | [ŠU.2 ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia la ⸢u₂⸣-še-el-[lu-u₂] | |
| 9' | [x] DUMU-MEŠ ma-la LUGAL AD-⸢ka⸣ ina KUR—URI{⸢ki⸣} [x] | |
| 10' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu E₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—MU i-[x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-la a-mat-su u ṭe₃-en-šu₂ i-⸢šem⸣-[me] | |
| 12' | [ana] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ul i-šap-pa-ra ⸢LUGAL⸣ [liš-al-šu₂] | |
| 13' | {[lu₂]}⸢gul⸣-lu-bu-tu ša₂ {1}eri-ba—{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | |
| 14' | {1}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—MU u {1}NUMUN—kit-⸢ti⸣—[SI.SA₂] | |
| 15' | [u₂]-gal-li-bu-šu₂-nu-ti a-di UGU-hi ša₂ [en-na] | |
| 16' | ⸢gul⸣-lu-bu is-qa-šu₂-nu ik-ka-⸢lu⸣ [o] | |
| 17' | [ina] ⸢pa⸣-ni DINGIR-MEŠ i-kar-⸢ra⸣-bu-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 18' | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-⸢a⸣ {1}{d}30—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—⸢SU⸣ | |
| 19' | [LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣.KUR AD-ka ⸢ug-dal⸣-li-ba-an-na-[ši] | |
| 20' | [is]-⸢qa⸣-ti ina pa-ni {⸢d⸣}GAŠAN ša₂ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} [x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x {1}aš-šur⸣—[x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢ku x x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | {1}⸢DUMU⸣—{d}15 {[lu₂]}⸢DUB⸣.SAR ša₂ ina KUR—⸢URI⸣{[ki]} | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {1}ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM [o] | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ liš-pu-ram-⸢ma⸣ ina UGU-hi [x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša₂⸣ qa-ti-ni lu-⸢gal⸣-li-ba-na-[ši] | |
| 6' | [UD]-mu-us-su {d}GAŠAN ⸢ša₂⸣ UNUG{ki} | |
| 7' | ⸢u₃⸣ {d}na-na-a a-⸢na ba⸣-laṭ ZI-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ nu-ṣal-⸢li⸣ re-eš-su | |
| 9' | [LUGAL] AD-u-ka AD—AD-ka AD—AD-ka a-na ⸢UGU⸣-hi | |
| 10' | ⸢dib⸣-ba a-ga-a {1}ṣil-la-a | |
| 11' | ⸢iš⸣-ʾa-⸢al⸣ en-na {1}{d}EN—ŠUR | |
| 12' | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣ LUGAL LUGAL liš-al-šu₂-ma dib-bi | |
| 13' | lu-še-eš-mi-ma LUGAL a-ki-i | |
| 14' | i-le-ʾu-u₂ li-pu-uš | |
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