CT 54, 034 (P238105)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238105 |
| 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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... ma]ny |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... the c]hief eunuch |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] you went |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] the word of the king |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] the presence of the king, his lord, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] into the presence of the king |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] we do not know |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...... yo]u went |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [......] his [l]ord |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] I appointed [...... m]ade |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [...] of Na'id-M[arduk ...... a]m I. |
| Obverse [22:32] o 23'23'– | The king, our lord, ... [......] has sen[t us a bod]yguard [..., say]ing: "[...] from the presence of Na'i[d-Marduk, he has com]e to greet m[e ...]. Have [no] fear! [I shall] now give [orde]rs to him (and) send him [to yo]u. Guard the [ou]tposts until Na'id-Marduk, your [l]ord, comes." |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | Trusting in the word of the king, our lord, which like the word of the god cannot be changed, we [...]ed the land and reinforced our guard. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] inva[ded] us |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] and to our home |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] which he saw and |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] food for his land |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | [... h]e [carr]ied off. So [we heard2 and] informed [the king, ou]r [lord]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [... Na'id-Ma]rduk is your man who reveres you, |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [who ...] would die [for the k]ing, his lord. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [......] who does not revere the king |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] but [will make] the land [slip] from the king's hands. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...] the heart of the king, our lord |
| Reverse [18:21] r 1919–r 2121 | Having sent [our letters to the king], our [lord], we have not seen [a reply to] our [letters] and not one of our [messengers] has came back to us, [so we have became afraid]. |
| Reverse [21:24] r 2222–r 2424 | [Concerning ...] about which the king wrote to us, [w]e [ha]ve [now dis]patched [...] fish-eye stones |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2525–r 2525 | [......] of bronze |
| Reverse [25:26] r 2626–r 2626 | [......] therein |
| Reverse [26:27] r 2727–r 2727 | [......] they [will ha]ul |
| Reverse [27:28] r 2828–r 2828 | [......] and |
| Reverse [28:29] r 2929–r 2929 | [...... should ch]eck and |
| Reverse [29:30] r 3030–r 3030 | [......] to us |
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 x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣-ku | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢da⸣-bu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-da | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x ma]-⸢da⸣-a-ti | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—SAG {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—SAG | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tal-li-ku | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-mat ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-hi a-na pa-an LUGAL | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni-iʾ | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mi | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x ul⸣ ni-i-di | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢tal⸣-lik | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ERIM⸣-ME | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢be⸣-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 21' | [x x x]-šu₂ ap-⸢qid x⸣+[x x x x e]-pu-uš | |
| 22' | [x x x] ša₂ {1}na-id—{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU x x x] ⸢DINGIR x x⸣ | |
| 23' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣-ku LUGAL be-li₂-a-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 24' | {[lu₂]}⸢qur⸣-ru-bu-tu il-tap-⸢ra⸣-[an-na-ši x x x] | |
| 25' | [um]-ma la—pa-an {1}na-⸢id⸣—{[d}AMAR.UTU x x x] | |
| 26' | [a]-⸢na⸣ šul-mi-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x it-tal]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 27' | [la] ⸢ta⸣-pal-la-⸢ha a-du-u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 28' | [ṭe₃-e]-⸢mu a⸣-šak-kan-šu₂-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na pa-ni-ku]-⸢nu⸣ a-šap-pa-raš-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [um-ma] ⸢ka-da-nu uṣ-ra⸣ a-di {1}na-id—{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | ⸢be⸣-li₂-⸢ku⸣-nu il-la-ka a-na UGU a-mat | |
| 4 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni ša₂ ŠA₃-bu-u₂ a-mat ša₂ DINGIR | |
| 5 | la ⸢u₂-ša₂⸣-an-nu-u₂ ki-i ni-ir-hu-ṣu | |
| 6 | KUR nu-[x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ u₃ EN.NUN-a-ni nu-ud-dan-⸢nin⸣ | |
| 7 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x i]-⸢na UGU⸣-hi-i-ni i-ter-[ba] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]-ma a-na šu-ub-⸢ti-ni⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]{⸢ki⸣} ša₂ i-mu-ru-ma | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x] NINDA-HI.A ša₂ KUR-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x it]-⸢ta⸣-ši u₃ ki-i | |
| 12 | [ni-iš-pu-ra LUGAL be-li₂-a]-⸢ni⸣ nu-ul-te-eš-mi | |
| 13 | [x x x x {1}na-id—{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU LU₂-ka pa-lih-ka | |
| 14 | [ša₂ x x x i-na UGU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-šu₂ i-mut-tu | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢IM⸣ ša₂ LUGAL la i-pal-la-hu | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ KUR la—ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 17 | [u₂-šel-lu-u₂ x x] ⸢x pi⸣ ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 18 | [x x x x x ši]-⸢pir⸣-e-<$ti$>-ni | |
| 19 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ni ki-i ni-iš-pu-ra | |
| 20 | [gab-ri ši-pir-e-ti]-ni ul ni-mur u₃ 01.en | |
| 21 | {[lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-i]-ni {[lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-i]-ni a-na pa-ni-ni ul ih-hi-sa | |
| 22 | [ni-ip-ta-lah₃ x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL iš-pu-ra-an-na-ši | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {na₄}IGI—HA-MEŠ | |
| 24 | [x x x x x x nu-ul]-⸢te⸣-bi-la | |
| 25 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ UD.KA.BAR | |
| 26 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ i-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 27 | [x x x x x x x i-šad]-⸢da⸣-du-ni | |
| 28 | [x x x x x x x x x]-ma | |
| 29 | [x x x x x x x x li]-⸢is⸣-ni-qu-ma | |
| 30 | [x x x x x x x x x]-na-ši | |
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