CT 54, 005 (P237947)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237947 |
| 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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | in [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | N[N], his messenger, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (and) Haru[...], his [...], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | who [...] work in [...] — |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | may the king listen to them concerning it. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 11'11'–o 14'14' | In the 5 or 6 years that I have been staying in the palace of the king, my lord, has anyone heard from my mouth any matter that the king, my lord, has told me? |
| Obverse [14:22] o 15'15'– | In the previous allegations that they have put up against me, the gods of the king, my lord, have taken my hand. Now these words are (mere) allegations, put up against me. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | Concerning the intercession for the šandabakku about which the governor of Babylon wrote to the king, my lord, and about which the king, my lord, is saying: "I have installed two eunuchs of mine in the land of Akkad" — |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | may Bel and Nabû permit the king, my lord, to place a eunuch of his in Elam. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | I have not said this word nor made it to be said! |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | But, they are greatly hindering him. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | As for me, what you see (fit), so will I have it done. |
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 x x x x x x x x (x x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x (x x) x]+⸢x⸣ x | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x (x x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x (x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x (x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x (x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 7' | {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ <x> [x x] {lu₂}A—šip-ri-šu₂ {lu₂}A—šip-ri-šu₂ | |
| 8' | {1}⸢ha-ru-x {lu₂⸣}[x x]-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣ | |
| 9' | ša₂ ⸢dul-la i-na x x x x⸣ | |
| 10' | LUGAL ina ŠA₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ liš-mu ⸢u₃⸣ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 11' | 05 06 ša₂ ina E₂.GAL ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 12' | u₂-šu-za-ka a-mat-tu-u₂ | |
| 13' | i-ba-aš₂-šu₂ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a iq-ba-a | |
| 14' | mam-ma ina pi-ia il-te-me | |
| 15' | i-na taš-ki-ne₂-e-ti | |
| 16' | mah-re-e-ti ša₂ a-na UGU-hi-ia | |
| 17' | iš-kun-nu DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 18' | ŠU.2-a iṣ-ṣa-ab-ta | |
| r | ||
| 1 | en-na dib-bi a-ga-nu-tu₂ | |
| 2 | taš-ki-ne₂-e-ta ši-na | |
| 3 | a-na UGU-hi-ia šak-na | |
| 4 | aš₂-šu₂-ut ṣa-bi-ta a-⸢bu-ta⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 6 | ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 7 | iš-pu-ra u₃ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a | |
| 8 | i-qa-bu-u₂ um-ma 02 {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ-ia | |
| 9 | ina KUR—URI{ki} al-ta-kan {d}EN u {d}PA | |
| 10 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lid-din-nu-u₂-ma | |
| 11 | i-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} {lu₂}SAG-ka | |
| 12 | šu-kun a-mat a-ga-a ul aq-bi | |
| 13 | u₃ ul u₂-še-eq-bi | |
| 14 | u₃ ma-da-am-ma u₂-šak-lu-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 15 | a-na-ku ša₂ ta-ma-ru-u₂ | |
| 16 | ki-i u₂-še-ep-pe-uš | |
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