CT 54, 008 (P237983)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237983 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [... sa]id to me: "[...] the servants are not unoccupied, and they will not give your [m]en to you." |
| Obverse [3:6] 4'4'–6'6' | Now he did not return my men to me, but said this in the presence of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:18] 7'7'– | After the king had retreated from Der, at that time, when the [L]uhayati started hostilities with the Iašubeans, they attacked the wall (and) burnt all the fortresses [of] the king. They attacked the men [of the go]vernor of Mazamua. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | When I myself [... the arm]y of the king, my lord, [..., the m]en |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x iq]-⸢ba⸣-a ⸢um-ma⸣ | |
| 2' | [x (x)] ⸢ARAD-MEŠ⸣ ul re-qu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3' | {[lu₂]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ-ka ul i-nam-di-nu-ni-ka | |
| 4' | [en]-na {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 5' | ⸢ul⸣ u₂-tir-ri u a-ga-a | |
| 6' | pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ iq-ta-bi | |
| 7' | ul-tu LUGAL ul-tu {uru}de-e-ri | |
| 8' | ⸢ih⸣-hi-su ina UD-me-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | {[lu₂]}⸢lu⸣-ha-a.a-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 10' | [it]-⸢ti⸣ ia₂-a-šu-ba-a.a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ki]-i ik-ki-ru ⸢E₂.SIG₄⸣ | |
| 2 | [it]-te-bu-u₂ {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [ša₂] LUGAL gab-bi il-tar-pi | |
| 4 | [a]-na UGU {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [ša₂] ⸢EN⸣.NAM ša₂ KUR—za-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [it-te]-⸢bu⸣-u₂ ana-ku | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}e-mu]-⸢qu⸣ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ ki-i | |
| 8 | [x x x x {lu₂]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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