CT 54, 024 (P238075)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238075 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] I have [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... is s]aying: "[...]" |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [When I hea]rd that [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Babylon for/to [...], |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | I detained [...], say[ing]: "Let me get up [...] and come to [the king's audience]." |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Afterwa[rds ...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | they became frightened [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'–b.e. 11'b.e. 11' | when [...] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 13'13'–b.e. 13'13' | th[ey] have spo[ken w]ords [...] |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 14'14'– | against [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Bel-šuma-iškun [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | has made an agreement wi[th ...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | has [... ...] to the king |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] a revolt agains[t ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | saying: "The king is not prud[ent ...]." |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [I]f, after [the ki]ng [has h]eard [this], the [...]s have not been assigne[d] two [...] each, they will [not] (be able to) guard [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Nobody will [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] to the open country [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | I have heard that for one ye[ar ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] the king to [...] |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [...] I concerning [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Let me get u[p and] com[e to ......] |
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' | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] at-ta-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x i]-⸢qab⸣-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x] | |
| 4' | [x]-⸢ri⸣-ia i-⸢x⸣+[x x x ki-i] | |
| 5' | [aš₂]-⸢mu⸣-u₂ um-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | TIN.TIR{ki} a-na [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ak-te-⸢li um⸣-[ma x x x] | |
| 8' | lu-ut-ba-am-ma a-⸢na x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | lul-⸢li⸣-ka ar₂-ka-⸢niš⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ig⸣-lu-tu ša₂ {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | i-ba-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢dib⸣-bu id-⸢dab⸣-[bu x x x] | |
| 14' | a-na UGU-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}EN—MU—iš-⸢kun⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | rik-su it-[ti x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ir-ta-ka-as [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL ip-⸢te⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | si-hu a-na ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | um-ma LUGAL la pu-⸢ut⸣-[qu-du x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-i ul-tu bi-it ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢LUGAL iš⸣-mu-u₂ 02-AM₃ {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ la pu-uq-qu-⸢du⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [ul i]-⸢na⸣-aṣ-ṣa-ru LU₂-ma qin-⸢nu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-piš-ti a-na EDIN ⸢ul⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢ki⸣-i aš₂-mu-u₂ ṭup-pi a-na [ṭup-pi x x] | |
| 13 | [x x]{ki} LUGAL a-na pa-an {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x]-⸢di⸣ a-na-ku a-na UGU [x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢x x x x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | lu-ut-ba-⸢am⸣-[ma a-na x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | lul-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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