CT 54, 566 (P237683)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 566 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237683 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king’s word to Iddin-ahhe: I am well, you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | I know that from the be[ginning to the end n[ot] a single one of all these cri[mes] is yours. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | And these names [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | muc[h ...] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | When [I converse with] all those [who stay] in my presence, and ask and qu[estion them], they tell only ni[ce] things [about] you [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Now then I’m writing t[o you]: |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'–r 11'11' | As soon as they have take[n] the city, you shall fall upon the criminals with weapons. Get up, come into my presence, and I will prepare a [...] gift for you. |
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 | a-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}SUM-na—ŠEŠ-MEŠ | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-a-ši | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-ka lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA-ka | |
| 5 | ana-ku i-di ki-i ul-tu ⸢re⸣-[eš] | |
| 6 | a-di qi₂-it ina ŠA₃ hi-⸢ṭa⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 7 | an-na-a-ti gab-bu 01-et] | |
| 8 | at-⸢tu⸣-u₂-ka ia-[aʾ-nu] | |
| 9 | u a-ga-at ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | a-ki-i—ma-⸢aʾ⸣-[de-e a-ki-i—ma-⸢aʾ⸣-[de-e x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | mal ina IGI-⸢ia⸣ [u₂-šu-uz-zu] | |
| 3' | u a-ša₂-ʾa-al ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣa-ṣu-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | dib-bi-ka bab-⸢ba⸣-[nu-ti ina UGU-hi-ka] | |
| 5' | i-dab-bu-ub-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | a-du-u₂ al-tap-⸢rak⸣-[ka] | |
| 7' | a-di E₂ URU iṣ-ṣab-[tu ina UGU] | |
| 8' | EN-MEŠ—hi-iṭ EN-MEŠ—hi-iṭ ina {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ | |
| 9' | ta-ma-aq-qut te-ba-am-ma | |
| 10' | ana IGI-ia al-kam₂-ma bu-bul | |
| 11' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ lu-pu-ša₂-ak-ka | |
Sources & licences
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