CT 54, 010 (P237990)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237990 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Say to Sin-iddina: thus says the king. I am well, [you] can be glad. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | May the bread as well as the first quality beer of the temple be good! May the guard of Ur and my temples be very strong! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Everything th]at you wrote in your letter [is ...]. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | [As to what] you wrote: "If/since [the ...s] are finished, we will come up (for an audience) before Merodach-Baladan [...]" — now then [...] I will keep listening and [...]. (I swear) by [Aš]šur, Bel and Nabû, my gods, [that ...] ... is not gathered in. |
| Obverse [12:21] o 1313–o 2121 | [As to what you wrote]: "There are informers [... to the king] and coming to his presence; if it is acceptable to the king, let me write and send my messages to the king on Aram[aic] parchment sheets" — why would you not write and send me messages in Akkadian? Really, the message which you write in it must be drawn up in this very manner — this is a fixed regulation! |
| Obverse [21:25] o 2222–o 2525 | And as to Ubar-Harrani of whom you wrote, I have sent him to Hatti. As soon as he returns, [...] may ask him and he will sa[y ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | his words [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | of any critical situation [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [May] your heart [be] very [glad]! |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Keep your guard and be not negligent [regarding your ...]! |
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 | a-na {1}{d}30—SUM-na ⸢qi₂-bi⸣-[ma] | |
| 2 | um-ma LUGAL-ma šul-mu ia-a-⸢ši ŠA₃⸣-[ba-ka] | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ ṭa-ab-ka ša₂ E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR NINDA-HI.A lu-u₂ | |
| 4 | KAŠ.SAG lu-u₂ ṭa-a-bi EN.NUN ŠEŠ.UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 5 | E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ-e-a E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ-e-a ma-aʾ-da lu-u₂ dan-na-⸢at⸣ | |
| 6 | [mim-ma] ⸢ma⸣-la ina ši-pir-ti-ka taš-pu-ra | |
| 7 | [x x x x ša₂] ⸢taš⸣-pu-ra um-ma ki-i | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢iq-ta⸣-tu-u₂ a-di {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—MU | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ni-il-la-a a-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢al⸣-te-nim-ma u₃ | |
| 11 | [x x x x AN].ŠAR₂ {d}EN u {d}AG DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 12 | [ki-i x x x x]-⸢ga⸣-ar ša₂-bu-šu₂ | |
| 13 | [ša₂ taš-pu-ra um-ma] {⸢lu₂⸣}EME-MEŠ i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 14 | [a-na LUGAL x x]-⸢ka⸣ a-na pa-ni-šu₂ il-lak-a-ni | |
| 15 | [um-ma] ⸢ki⸣-[i IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ mah-ru ina ŠA₃ si-ip-ri | |
| 16 | {[kur]}ar₂-⸢ma⸣-[a-a lu]-⸢us⸣-pi-ir-ma a-na LUGAL | |
| 17 | ⸢lu⸣-še-bi-la mi-nam-ma ina ši-pir-ti | |
| 18 | ak-ka-da-at-tu la ta-šaṭ-ṭar-ma | |
| 19 | la tu-šeb-bi-la kit-ta ši-pir-tu | |
| 20 | ša₂ ina ŠA₃-bi ta-šaṭ-ṭa-ru | |
| 21 | ki-i pi-i a-gan-ni-tim-ma i-da-at | |
| 22 | lu-u₂ šak-na-at u₃ aš₂-šu₂ {1}u₂-bar—har-ra-ni | |
| 23 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra a-na {kur}hat-ti al-ta-⸢par⸣ | |
| 24 | ki-i ša₂ it-te-eh-⸢sa⸣ [x x x] | |
| 25 | liš-al-šu₂-ma i-⸢qab⸣-[bi x x x x] | |
| 26 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | dib-bi-šu₂ i-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša₂ mim-ma na-kut-[tu x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-ka ma-aʾ-[diš lu-u₂ ṭa-a-bi] | |
| 5 | EN.NUN-ka u₂-⸢ṣur⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | la ta-sel-li [x x x x x x x] | |
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