CT 54, 567 (P237688)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 567 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237688 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | [N]ow then ... they have split up Elam. The chief eunuch has seized Bit-Imbî, Sikdê the commander of archers, brother of Umman-aldasi, his sons have been killed, and their heads have been brought before me. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'–o 11'11' | The wife of Teumman, king of Elam, and his sons have been taken to me, and 11,000 soldiers have been killed at Bit-Im[b]î. |
| Obverse [11:24] o 12'12'– | When I sent Šamaš-da’’i[nan-ni ...] to Sam’una, the sheikhs of Sam’una, Lahiru, Dibirina, Dummuqu, Nugu’, Huwaya and Bab-duri, these sheikhs who had raised hands and whose hands I had grasped, [infli]cted a massacre in the city Sulaya and [plunde]red their booty. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Also, the cities [of ... have been burnt] with fire. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [Y]ou [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [a]-⸢du-u₂⸣ x x (x) x-⸢lu-ku⸣ | |
| 2' | {⸢kur⸣}NIM.MA{ki} up-tar-ri-su | |
| 3' | {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG {uru}E₂—{1}{d}im-bi-i | |
| 4' | iṣ-ṣa-bat {1}sik-de-e {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—{giš}BAN {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—{giš}BAN | |
| 5' | ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša {1}um-man-al-da-si | |
| 6' | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ di-i-ku | |
| 7' | SAG.DU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na IGI-ia | |
| 8' | na-šu-u-ni DAM {1}te-um-man | |
| 9' | MAN {kur}NIM{ki} u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ it-ta-šu₂-ni | |
| 10' | u₃ 11-lim ERIM-MEŠ i-na | |
| 11' | {uru}E₂—{1}⸢im⸣-[bi]-⸢i⸣ id-⸢du-ku⸣ | |
| 12' | {1}{d}UTU—KALAG-⸢in⸣-[an-ni x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {uru}ša₂-⸢am⸣-u₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 2 | ki-i aš₂-pu-ru {lu₂}na-sik-a-[te] | |
| 3 | ša {uru}ša₂-am-ʾu-u₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 4 | {kur}la-hi-ri {<uru>}di-bi-ri-⸢na⸣ | |
| 5 | {uru}du-um-muq {uru}nu-gu-⸢uʾ⸣ | |
| 6 | {uru}hu-u₂-a.a u₃ {uru}KA₂—BAD₃-a | |
| 7 | a-ga-an-nu-ti {lu₂}na-sik-a-te | |
| 8 | ša ŠU.2 id-ku-nim-ma | |
| 9 | ⸢u₃⸣ ŠU.2-su-nu aṣ-ba-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢di⸣-ik-tu₂ ina {uru}šu-la-a.a | |
| 11 | [id]-⸢du⸣-ku {lu₂}hu-bu-us-su-nu | |
| 12 | [ih-tab]-⸢tu⸣-nu u₃ URU-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [x (x)]+x BAR ina ŠA₃ i-ša₂-tu₂ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] ⸢at⸣-ta | |
| 15 | [x x x x x (x)]+x+[(x)] | |
Sources & licences
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