CT 54, 023 (P238057)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238057 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | [To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-šumu-lišir] and [Aqar-Bel-lumur]. Go[od health to the king, our lord! Say to] t[he king, our lord: [The fortress] and the troops [of the ki]ng are well. The mood of the people of the land is [good]. The king, [our lord], ca[n b]e gl[ad]. The [...] of the king [...]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Concerning the news of [...], he is well. He is being observed. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | As to the news of the man of Bit-Yakin: he is in Babylon. |
| Obverse [13:26] o 1414– | Normally, after the [...] of the king have survived and those who are in the [enemy] land deci[de] to go [back to] Assyria [from] the enemy land, a messenger of the king sets out in advance from the enemy land and comes [to his servant]; he hears of the well-being of the king, his lord, and his heart is revived under the protection of the king, his lord. |
| Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313 | Now, why is it that the king our lord has entered his house in well-being, but a messenger of the king has not come to [these] dogs? |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616 | [Our heart] became afraid and wor[ried] and is constantly trou[bled:] "We ha[ve been] neglected." |
| Reverse [16:23] r 1717– | Right and left [...], are they not saying: "These dogs [......]. Their lord [does] no[t ......]." |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | May we quickly see the king's messenger, so that our hearts may be soothed under the protection of the king. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SI.SA₂] | |
| 3 | u₃ {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu-mur] | |
| 4 | lu-[u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni um-ma-a] | |
| 5 | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni-a-ma] | |
| 6 | šu-lum [a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | u₃ e-⸢mu⸣-qi₂ [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢ṭe₃-em⸣ [ša₂] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ KUR [šu-lum] | |
| 9 | ⸢ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ni] ⸢lu⸣ [ṭa]-a-⸢bi⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | ša₂ LUGAL [x x x]-⸢ma aš₂⸣-šu₂ ṭe₃-⸢em⸣ | |
| 11 | ša₂ {lu₂}[x x]+⸢x⸣-ni šu-lum | |
| 12 | ⸢uk⸣-[ta-a]-⸢da⸣ aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em | |
| 13 | ša₂ {lu₂}E₂—{1}ia-GIN ina TIN.TIR{ki} šu₂-u₂ | |
| 14 | i-na bu-un-ni ul-tu | |
| 15 | {1}⸢x x⸣ [x]-⸢da⸣ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 16 | bal-ṭu-⸢u₂⸣-[ma] ša₂ ina ⸢KUR⸣—[KUR₂ ⸢KUR⸣—[KUR₂ ul-tu] | |
| 17 | KUR—na-ki-ri KUR—na-ki-ri pa-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂ i-šak-kan-ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | il-⸢lak⸣ [u₃ a-na] | |
| 2 | KUR—aš-šur{ki} [i-ne₂-eh-hi-sa] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL a-na pa-[an ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 4 | ul-tu ⸢KUR⸣—na-ki-⸢ri⸣ ⸢KUR⸣—na-ki-⸢ri⸣ [o] | |
| 5 | i-har-ru-pa-am-ma il-la-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6 | šu₂-u₂ ⸢šu⸣-lum ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-šu | |
| 7 | i-šem-me-e-ma ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ i-bal-luṭ | |
| 9 | en-na am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni LUGAL be-li₂-a-ni | |
| 10 | i-na šu-lum a-na E₂-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 11 | i-ru-ba-am-ma {lu₂}A—⸢KIN {lu₂}A—⸢KIN ša₂⸣ LUGAL | |
| 12 | a-na pa-an UR.KU-MEŠ [an-nu-ti] | |
| 13 | la il-li-ka [ŠA₃-ba-ni] | |
| 14 | ip-ta-lah₃ in-⸢da⸣-[ra-aṣ] | |
| 15 | u₃ il-te-ne-[em-mun] | |
| 16 | a-na ši-ṭu-ti ⸢ni⸣-[tu-ra] | |
| 17 | i-mit-ta u šu-me-lu [x x x] | |
| 18 | ul i-qab-bu-u₂ ⸢um⸣-[ma x x] | |
| 19 | UR.KU-MEŠ an-nu-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | be-li₂-šu-nu ul [x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ha-an-ṭiš {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni ni-mur-ma | |
| 2 | ŠA₃-ba-a-ni ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni li-ni-hu | |
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