CT 54, 001 (P237831)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237831 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [T]o the king, [my] l[ord]: your [serva]nt, [NN]. May Nabû and Mar[duk] bl[ess] the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | I h[eard] from your ho[ly] mouth which Marduk and Zar[panitu] love: "Nobody will [...] anything [...]." |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | From the gate of the god [...] in [...], (and) when Bel-naṣir, having given a woman [to] his son, [...]ed for food, [I ...]. |
| Obverse [16:26] o 1717– | Now [NN is saying]: "I have taken his wife in exchange." They are giving my house, my field, and my wife to Nenea, an exorcist who forsook his lord's house and ran away. |
| Reverse [7:16] r 88–r 1616 | So, although I have always revered the king, my lord, when I am dead, where shall they bury me? There is no city, no open country, no land, no people, nor a single 'litre' of bread (for me) in my lord's house. May my petition to the king, my lord, be received with sympathy! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a]-⸢na LUGAL be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka {1}{d⸣}[x x x] | |
| 3 | {⸢d}AG⸣ u {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na] | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ ⸢lik⸣-[ru-bu] | |
| 5 | ⸢ina pi⸣-i-ka ⸢el⸣-[lu] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša₂ {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar⸣-[pa-ni-tum] | |
| 7 | ⸢i-ra-a-mu al⸣-[te-me] | |
| 8 | ⸢um-ma x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 9 | mam-ma mim-mu ⸢ul x-x-nu⸣ | |
| 10 | ul-⸢tu⸣ [o] KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 11 | ina ⸢ŠA₃-bi x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 12 | 01.et MI₂ [a-na] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ | |
| 13 | {1}{d}EN—PAB-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 14 | ki-i ⸢id⸣-di-nu | |
| 15 | a-na NINDA-HI.A | |
| 16 | ⸢ki-i x x⸣-nu | |
| 17 | [x x x x x] ⸢en⸣-na | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢um-ma⸣ DAM-⸢su⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na ku-mu a-bu-⸢uk⸣ | |
| 3 | {1}ni-ne₂-e-a {lu₂}MAŠ | |
| 4 | ša₂ E₂—be-li₂-⸢šu₂⸣ E₂—be-li₂-⸢šu₂⸣ u₂-maš-ši-ru-ma | |
| 5 | ⸢ih-li-qu⸣ E₂ A.ŠA₃.GA | |
| 6 | u₃ DAM-a | |
| 7 | i-nam-⸢di⸣-nu-niš-šu₂ | |
| 8 | u₃ ⸢a-ki⸣ ša₂ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 9 | ap-⸢tal⸣-lah₃ ki-i mi-⸢ta⸣-ku | |
| 10 | e-ka-nu li-iq-bi-ru-⸢in-ni⸣ | |
| 11 | ul URU ul EDIN ul ⸢KUR⸣ | |
| 12 | ul UN-MEŠ ul 01 qa | |
| 13 | NINDA-HI.A i-na ⸢E₂⸣—EN-ia₂ ⸢E₂⸣—EN-ia₂ | |
| 14 | a-na ṭu-⸢ub ma⸣-ha-ra [o] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia⸣ [o] | |
| 16 | ⸢li-šak⸣-kan [o] | |
Sources & licences
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