CT 54, 032 (P238103)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238103 |
| 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] 11–33 | To the king, my lord, [your servant Nabû-šumu-lišir]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! Say to th[e king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | This dog [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | I [am] i[n ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | and he [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | Bit-Da[kuru ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | "[......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | ... [...]." |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | His words [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | He is not circ[umspect ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | He and [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the woodcutter [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | a contract [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | I will give ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | which the king of Assyria [...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'– | broke [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | the words of the king [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | Nabû-šuma-iddin[a ...] |
| Right [2:4] r.e. 1414– | of the king, my lord ... [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] let him speak to the king, my lord. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] I have not spoken with him. If |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] and [it is agreeable] to the king, my lord |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | [...] below her. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SI.SA₂] | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šu-⸢lum⸣ [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 4 | UR.KU a-ga-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-na-ku i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₃ šu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | E₂—{1}da-⸢ku⸣-[ru x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | dib-bi-⸢šu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ul pit-[qu-ud x x x x] | |
| 6' | šu-u₂ u [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}qa-at-⸢tin⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ri-ik-su [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-nam-din me-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša₂ LUGAL aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | u₂-šab-⸢bir⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | dib-bi ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | {1}{d}AG—MU—SUM-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ liq-bi-ma <$x$> | |
| 2 | [x x x it]-ti-šu₂ ul ad-bu-ub ki-i | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [mah-ru x x x] šap-lat-sa | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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