CT 54, 583 (P237562)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 583 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237562 |
| Museum no. | BM 099222 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] house wit[h ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | as it says, the land of [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | "the ruling city," they ar[e .....] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [one ki]ng will [send] hostile messages to another [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | t[o ...] of the land [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | we [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] plotted [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] in [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] to [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] king [...] to [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] set [......] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [...] may the king [...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 13'b.e. 13'– | [...] their [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | a good report [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [May he write] to [... as] he deems [best]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] one good chariot in the country, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | and nobody will [...] to the king. [NN] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | son of Zabidu f[rom GN] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | is in the hands of the king. If [the mood] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | of the king, my lord, is goo[d, ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | who [...] to the province, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | who twice ...[...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | who fro[m ......] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | [...] of the ki[ng ......] |
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' | [x]+⸢x⸣ E₂ it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša₂⸣ iq-bu-u₂ KUR [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | URU kiš-ša₂-ti šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL a-na⸣ LUGAL nu-kur₂-ti ⸢i⸣-[šap-par x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢na x x ša₂ KUR x x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢ni⸣-[x x]+⸢x ina⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢x x id-dab-bu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x-u₂ ina x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢UD x a-na x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢u LUGAL x x a-na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢x iš-kun⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x LUGAL li⸣-[x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x] ⸢x x x x-šu₂-nu x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ṭe⸣-e-me dam-qu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢i⸣-le-ʾu-u₂ a-na {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 3 | 01 {giš}GIGIR ṭa-a-bu ina KUR [x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ mam-ma a-na LUGAL ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | DUMU {1}za-bi-du ša₂ ⸢ul⸣-[tu x x x x] | |
| 6 | ša₂ ŠU.2 LUGAL šu-u₂ ki-[i ŠA₃-bu] | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia ṭa-a-[bu x x x] | |
| 8 | ša₂ a-na pi-ha-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša₂ 02-šu₂ ma-ṣa-[x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ul-⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x] ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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