CT 54, 019 (P238014)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238014 |
| 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 [1:6] 2'2'–6'6' | (As to) what the king, [my] lord, [wrote] in [...]: "Do not [...] with [...]! Send (pl.) me healthy [...]!" — |
| Obverse [6:10] 7'7'–10'10' | [The ...] which the king, my lord, dispatched [...], were they not remembered? Who [...] for [...]? Is the work and the things [that] we [...] for the king, my lord, [...]? |
| Obverse [10:24] 11'11'–24'24' | (As to) the recruitment officer of whom the ki[ng, my lord, wrote]: "What is wrong that you have separated him [from] his brothers?" — is Ahu-ila'i not a servant of the king? If I keep him separate from his brothers, (it is because) he is (the most) reliable man among his brothers. [Inste]ad of seizing Ahu-ila'i for the guard duty, which is mutually fixed for our bread and water, (I swear) by the gods of the king, my lord, that ever since he came to Bit-Dakuri, I have not interfered in any way with Ahu-ila'i; and beyond that I say to the king, my lord: "He is a witness and a w[ild b]ull, ...[...]" |
| Obverse [24:25] 25'25'–25'25' | all ... [......] |
| Obverse [25:27] 26'26'– | and our [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | this [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | "[......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | and you [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | words which [......]" — |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Did the king, my lord, not write [thus] last year? |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Did he not go to the enemy country in accordance with this command? |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | He is joyfully [saying]: "On the day when a deadline [com]es up for [NN], take away [...] to [...], (and) open [...]: |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | "Without the king [......]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Let him give orders [......]." |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Let the king send (word) [that ...]. |
| Reverse [13:17] r 1414–r 1717 | (Regarding) the 200 Chaldean robes [...] which the king sent us, [...] rejoiced greatly; they pray [daily to the gods] of the king, my lord [...]. |
| Reverse [17:20] r 1818–r 2020 | The king, my lord, knows that [...] and everything in Bit-[Dakuri is] the share of the Babyloni[ans ...]. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | 200 gulēnu-coats of the house [...] |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | of Marduk-šarru-uṣur [...] |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | for the Hamurea[ns ...] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | [...] for the men of [...] |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2525–r 2525 | [...] fo[r ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-[a x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-na tuk-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | um-⸢ma la⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | it-ti ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | šal-mu-tu šup-ra-a-[ni x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a u₂-še-⸢bi⸣-[la x x x x] | |
| 8' | la has-sa-a mam-ma a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | dul-lu-u₂ u₃ dib-bi [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ni-[x x x x] | |
| 11' | {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-su ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-a iš-pu-ra] | |
| 12' | um-ma mi-nu-u₂ hi-ṭu [la—pa-an] | |
| 13' | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ tap-ru-us-⸢su⸣ {1}ŠEŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 14' | la ARAD-u₂ ša₂ LUGAL šu-u₂ [ki]-i la—pa-an | |
| 15' | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ a-par-ra-su-⸢šu₂⸣ [ki]-nu šu-u₂ | |
| 16' | i-na ŠA₃-bi ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ ku-mu {1}ŠEŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 17' | a-na EN.NUN-u₂-tu ⸢aṣ⸣-ba-tu | |
| 18' | ša₂ a-na NINDA-HI.A-ni u A-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni it-ti a-ha-meš | |
| 19' | kun-na-⸢at⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 20' | ki-i ul-⸢tu⸣ E₂ a-na E₂—{1}da-ku-ru | |
| 21' | i-la-a a-na mim-ma {1}ŠEŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 22' | qe₂-⸢er⸣-bi-ku-ma al-la a-na ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 23' | um-ma ši-i-bu u ri-⸢mu šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 24' | šu ⸢x⸣+[x] zu u₂ ban man ⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 25' | ⸢gab-bi⸣ la šub-tu [x x x x x] | |
| 26' | u₃ ⸢x x⸣-a-ni [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-ga-a [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | um-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ at-ta [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | mil-le-e ma-⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | šad-da-qad₃ ul [x x x LUGAL] be-li₂-[a] iš-pur | |
| 7 | ki-i pi an-ni-[i ul a]-⸢na⸣ KUR—KUR₂ KUR—KUR₂ il-lik | |
| 8 | ha-da-ta-a-⸢na⸣ [i-qab-bi] um-ma ina UD-mu | |
| 9 | a-dan-nu a-na {1}[x x x ik-šu]-⸢da-am⸣-ma | |
| 10 | ab-ka a-na [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pi-ti | |
| 11 | um-ma ša₂ la LUGAL [x x x x x x]-ru | |
| 12 | ṭe₃-e-mu liš-⸢kun⸣ [x x x x x x]-a | |
| 13 | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | 02 me TUG₂ {lu₂}kal-da-a.a [x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| 15 | LUGAL iš-pu-ra-an-na-⸢ši⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ma-aʾ-diš ih-ta-mu-u₂ [x x x x x DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 17 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-ṣal-[lu-u₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | LUGAL be-li₂-a i-du ki-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | u₃ mim-ma i-na E₂—{1}[da-ku-ru x x x x] | |
| 20 | ni-sa-hi ša₂ {lu₂}TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣}[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 21 | 02 me {tug₂}gu-la-a-ni E₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN—ŠEŠ ⸢AD⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | a-na {lu₂}ha-mur-ra-a.[a x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | [x] a-⸢na⸣ ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x] a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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