CT 54, 012 (P237994)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237994 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Tablet] of the magnates of the Hamureans of [... to the ki]ng, their lord: |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | [The king s]ent [the le]tter of Balassu, (and) for three years we have kept [the guard] with the noblemen [of As]syria, (and) our [land] has feared the king. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] now as [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] Marduk-šarru-uṣur [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] we have kept guard |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] we have kept guard |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] the king, our lord, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] we have sustained |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | [Ana-Na]bû-taklak [has handed] over to us the letter of the king, [our lord]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] he adds |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... in]to wastelands |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [...] our wives have turned [into wa]stelands. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [The ...] at the disposal [of] the 'third men' |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... of] the guard [ha]ve made |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] his [...] in the stockroom |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [of Bit]-Dakuru. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | They have no desire [for the king], our [lo]rd. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | [Now th]en we have not sent the lady Šumatti [to] the king, saying: "The king has in Assy[ria] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] in safety [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] guard [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [i]n the stoc[kroom]. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | [Let him co]me here [and ...]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | The king, our [lord], may do as he wishes. |
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 | ⸢IM⸣ {lu₂}GAL-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}ha-mu-ru ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 4 | [LUGAL ši]-pir-ti {1}ba-laṭ-[su] | |
| 5 | [il]-⸢tap⸣-ra-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6 | [it-ti] {lu₂}DUMU—DU₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}DUMU—DU₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7 | [KUR—aš]-⸢šur⸣{ki} 03 MU.[AN.NA-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [EN.NUN] ni-it-ta-⸢ṣar⸣ | |
| 9 | [KUR]-⸢nu⸣ LUGAL ip-ta-[lah₃] | |
| 10 | [x x]-⸢ni⸣ a-kan-na ki-⸢i⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—PAB [o] | |
| 12 | [x x x] EN.NUN ni-it-ta-[ṣar] | |
| 13 | [x x x] EN.NUN ni-ta-aṣ-ra | |
| 14 | [x x x] LUGAL be-li₂-a-ni | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢ni⸣-it-ta-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 16 | {1}a-na—d].⸢AG⸣—tak-lak ši-pir-ti LUGAL | |
| 17 | [EN-i-ni it-ta]-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]-lak-ka-a | |
| 19 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ uṣ-ṣib | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x]-ri | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | [x x x x x x x] u | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-⸢kan⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x a]-na har-ba-na-ta | |
| 3 | [x x x] {⸢mi₂⸣}DAM-i-ni | |
| 4 | [a-na har]-ba-na-ta it-tu-ru | |
| 5 | [x x x]-tu ša₂ ina pa-an | |
| 6 | [x x x] {lu₂}taš-li-ši-a-nu | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ EN.NUN a-na UGU | |
| 8 | [x x x]-šu₂ i-na uṣ-ṣa-ra | |
| 9 | [E₂—{1}da-ku-ru | |
| 10 | [i]-te-ep-šu₂ ṣi-bu-su-[nu a-na LUGAL] | |
| 11 | [be-li₂]-i-ni ia-a-nu [x x x] | |
| 12 | [a-du]-u₂-ma {mi₂}šu-mat-⸢ti⸣ [x] | |
| 13 | [a-na] LUGAL ul ni-iš-[pur] | |
| 14 | [um]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL ina KUR—aš-[šur{ki]} | |
| 15 | [x x] ina ša₂-lim-di [x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x]-ni EN.NUN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 17 | [i]-⸢na⸣ uṣ-[ṣa-ra x x] | |
| 18 | [lil]-⸢li⸣-kam₂-[ma x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | [ki-i] ša₂ [ŠA₃-bi LUGAL] | |
| 20 | [be-li₂]-i-ni ⸢li⸣-[pu-uš] | |
Sources & licences
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