CT 54, 580 (P237546)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 580 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237546 |
| Museum no. | BM 099020 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | A message of the crown pr[ince] to Šulmu-beli-lu[šme]. |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | Having listened to one another, the king of Elam and the king of As[syria] have made peace with one another at Marduk's command and become treaty partners. (Yet) you have detained there all the men of the country that came to the festival. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | When I read the word of the king, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | the outpost and the gar[rison] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [... h]or[ses] |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | they went off [and] came [.... Since] you had detained [them], I sent a messen[ger] to you, but I have not heard an answer to my letter. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 7'7'–r 12'12' | But now, Iaṣar and his family are the king's servants. They have run away to you. Send them to me quickly, and do not cast a shadow between the king of Elam and the king of Assyria! |
| Reverse [12:17] r 13'13'– | The king has sent a letter to [me], sayi[ng]: "Th[ey] must co[me]." So send t[hem q]uickly! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ši-pir-ti DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}šul-mu—EN—lu-[uš-me] | |
| 3 | LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} u LUGAL KUR—aš-[šur{ki]} | |
| 4 | a-ha-meš ki-i il-te-nem-⸢mu⸣-[u] | |
| 5 | ina a-mat {d}AMAR.UTU it-ti a-ha-meš | |
| 6 | is-se-el-mu u a-na EN-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-de-e ša₂ a-ha-meš it-tu-ra | |
| 8 | ERIM-MEŠ KUR gab-bi ma-la | |
| 9 | a-na i-sin-na il-li-ku-ni | |
| 10 | gab-bi a-kan-na tak-te-el [o] | |
| 11 | ana-ku a-mat LUGAL ki-i ⸢as-si⸣ | |
| 12 | ka-a-du u EN.[NUN] | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-se-⸢gu x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | il-li-ku-⸢ni⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | tak-lu-u₂ {lu₂}KIN.⸢GI₄⸣.[A] {lu₂}KIN.⸢GI₄⸣.[A] | |
| 5' | ki-i aš₂-pu-rak-ka gab-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 6' | ši-pir-ti-ia₂ ul aš₂-mi | |
| 7' | u en-na {1}a.a-ṣa-ar | |
| 8' | u {lu₂}qin-ni-šu₂ ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 9' | šu₂-nu a-na pa-ni-ka ih-tal-qu-ni | |
| 10' | ha-an-ṭiš šup-raš-šu₂-nu-tim-ma | |
| 11' | e-kil-ti ina bi-rit | |
| 12' | LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} u LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 13' | la ta-šak-kan LUGAL | |
| 14' | ši-pir-ti a-na pa-⸢ni⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 15' | ⸢il⸣-tap-ra um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | ⸢lil-li⸣-[ku-ni] | |
| 17 | ⸢ha-an⸣-ṭiš šup-⸢raš⸣-[šu₂-nu-tu₂] | |
Sources & licences
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