CT 54, 006 (P237954)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237954 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] did not co[me with] me. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [My lord s]hould know [...] I am not lazy. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [...] until now [wit]h the horses [of] Assyria. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 7'7'–o 13'13' | The messenger(s) [whom] I sent [t]o my lord, having encircled the whole [cit]y, stood with me, and they listen to everything I’m telling them. |
| Obverse [13:21] o 14'14'– | When Nabû-šumu-iqiša, the chief of trade, returned from Elam, a person possessed by a demon [appeared] in the land, saying: “[The Elamites] have attacked!” |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | The torc-owners were frightened. But when I sent [... to] Elam, there was nothing [to fi]nd out [in] Elam. You may stand still. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | [The] garrison of the city: [1]42 (men of) the chief cupbearer of Ba]bylon, 300 archers, [and x] horses |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [... of] Šulaya |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [... w]ith them |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-ia la il-⸢li⸣-[ka] | |
| 3' | [be-li₂] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ i-di | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ AŠ la ma-ka-ku | |
| 5' | [x] ⸢x⸣ a-di en-na | |
| 6' | [it]-⸢ti⸣ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [ša₂] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{ki} {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN | |
| 8' | [ša₂ a]-⸢na⸣ EN-ia aš₂-pu-ra | |
| 9' | ⸢URU⸣ gab-bi ki-i il-ma-⸢aʾ⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢it⸣-ti-ia it-ta-ši-iz-zu | |
| 11' | ⸢u₃⸣ mim-ma ma-la | |
| 12' | a-qab-ba-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 13' | i-šem-mu-u₂-in-ni | |
| 14' | {1}{d}AG—MU—BA-ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—ka-a-ru {lu₂}GAL—ka-a-ru | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | ul-tu {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 16' | ki-i ih-hi-su | |
| 17' | ⸢še⸣-du ina KUR | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ um-ma | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢NIM⸣{ki} it-te-bu-nu | |
| 3 | [pu]-ul-lu-hu | |
| 4 | {[lu₂]}EN—HAR-MEŠ {[lu₂]}EN—HAR-MEŠ u₃ a-na-ku | |
| 5 | [x a]-⸢na⸣ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ki-i aš₂-pu-ra | |
| 6 | [ša₂ ih]-ru-ṣu-nu | |
| 7 | [i-na] {⸢kur⸣}NIM.MA{ki} ia-a-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8 | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ u₂-šu-uz-zak | |
| 9 | {[lu₂]}ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti ša URU 0 | |
| 10 | [x] 42 {lu₂}GAL—ŠU.DU₈.A-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—ŠU.DU₈.A-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [ša₂ TIN].TIR{ki} 03-me {giš}BAN | |
| 12 | [u₃ x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [x (x) x] {1}šu-la-a | |
| 14 | [x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-nu | |
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