CT 54, 556 + ABL 0717 (P237664)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 556 + ABL 0717 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237664 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [To] the king of the lands, my lord: [yo]ur [servant], Nabû-balassu-iqbi. May [Aššur], Šamaš, Marduk, and Nabû, lord of the sty[l]us, ordain [...] of the king, m[y] lord, [... of] your palace, [fe]ar of your lordship, [and the wel]l-being of the seed of the king, my lord, [for] everlasting [day]s. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [From] the very beginning I have been a dog who loves [the house of] his [lord]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] with the viziers |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] the king [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the king, my lord [...] |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | May the king, my lord, send me fo[r oa]th and testimony with these men; or may the king do as he finds best. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}AG—TIN-su—iq-bi | |
| 3 | [AN.ŠAR₂ {d]}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}PA EN GI.⸢DUB⸣.BA | |
| 4 | [x x]-u ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x] E₂.GAL-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6 | [x pa]-lah₃ be-lut-ti-ka | |
| 7 | [u₃] ⸢DI⸣-mu NUMUN ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | [a-na UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ da-ru-tu liq-bu-u₂ | |
| 9 | [ul-tu] re-eš-im-ma ⸢UR⸣.KU | |
| 10 | [ša₂ E₂—EN]-šu₂ E₂—EN]-šu₂ i-ra-mu a-na-ku | |
| 11 | [x x x]-tu₂ it-ti {lu₂}SUKKAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢x x x LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia x x⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢a-na⸣ [MU]—⸢DINGIR⸣ [MU]—⸢DINGIR⸣ u mu-kin-nu-tu | |
| 3' | LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-a it-ti ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-tu | |
| 4' | liš-pur-an-ni u ia-a-nu-u₂ | |
| 5' | LUGAL ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 6' | li-pu-uš [o] | |
Sources & licences
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