CT 54, 030 (P238098)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238098 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | he brought them here [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | find out the details and write [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "He says [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | "All my towns [...] |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | he has let the fortress of Yaki[n ...] fall into disrepair. One [...] upon the other [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | in hunger [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | The king of Babyl[on ...] |
| Obverse [10:18] o 11'11'– | (11) (Break) |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] seized [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | One [...] of the king of Assyr[ia ...] |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | [...] the town Maruru has said: "I shall go to the fortress of Ya[kin]." Earlier the town wall of the fortress [of Yakin] was 300 cubits times 200 cubits (in a rectangle). |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | As to the harvests of which the king wrote: "Let workers go out (and) reap (them)" |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [I keep] the guard of the king, my lor[d]. |
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 x]-ta | |
| 2' | i-bu-kaš-šu₂-nu-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | hur-ṣa-am-ma šup-ra-am-[ma] | |
| 4' | um-ma šu₂-u₂ i-qab-bi [um-ma] | |
| 5' | URU-MEŠ-ia gab-bi [x x] | |
| 6' | BAD₃—ša₂—{1}ia-ki-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 7' | ul-te-gi-ma 01-en [x x] | |
| 8' | UGU ša₂-ni-ia ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 9' | ina bu-bu-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | [x x] ⸢bu⸣ bi ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x] ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] za bi [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] iṣ-bat [x x x] | |
| 3 | 01-en ša₂ LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x] | |
| 4 | {uru}ma-ru-ru iq-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 5 | a-na BAD₃—ša₂—{1}⸢ia⸣-[ki-ni] | |
| 6 | al-lak ina mah-⸢ri⸣-[i] | |
| 7 | BAD₃ URU ša₂ BAD₃—[ša₂—{1}ia-ki-ni] | |
| 8 | 03 me ina KUŠ₃ in-da-⸢har⸣ | |
| 9 | 02 me ina KUŠ₃ in-da-⸢har⸣-ma | |
| 10 | aš₂-šu₂ BURU₁₄-a-ni ša₂ LUGAL iš-pur [um-ma] | |
| 11 | ⸢ERIM-MEŠ li⸣-ṣu-u₂ ⸢li⸣-ṣi-⸢du⸣ [o] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] EN.NUN-ta ša₂ LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia a-na-aṣ-ṣar] | |
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