CT 54, 039 (P238116)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238116 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Your servant Aqar-Bel-lumur: t]o the ki[ng, my lo]rd. Good health [to] king, my lord! [Say] to the [king, my lord]: The fortre[ss and the troops] of the king are well. The mood of the people of the land is good. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | Now then Kalbi-Ukûa has gone to the audience of the king, my lord! The king, my lord, can rejoice! May Bel and Nabû grant to the king, my lord, that all the men who have transgressed against the king, my lord, in this way will come an[d bow] before the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | And perhaps [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | he will proceed [... of] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | friendly words [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | and ... [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | until ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | "Speak friendly [with ...] and [...]!" |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | I was delayed [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | they set off [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | weep for him, to [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | I sent a herald to [...] of the land, saying: "[...]." |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | I shall speak friendly wi[th them, give them] orders, (and) make them confident. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] of the fortresses of the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | and the knowledge of the [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | they have set off. Wha[t ...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | from right and le[ft ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [I will keep] the guard of the king, [my lord]. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | And afterwards I will go before [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | I am writing to the king, my lord out of urgency: [...] |
| Reverse [18:21] r 1919–r 2121 | The king, my lord, should not [...] words wi[th the governor of] Arrapha and [with] Kalbi-Ukûa! |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | [...] ... [...] for the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | [...] I [...] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | [...] of [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2727–r.e. 2727 | I speak reliable [...] to [the king], my [lord]. |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu-mur a]-⸢na LUGAL be-li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | [lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | [um-ma-a] ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 4 | [šu-lum a]-⸢na⸣ {uru}HAL.⸢ṢU⸣-[MEŠ u e-mu-qu] | |
| 5 | ša₂ LUGAL ṭe₃-em ša₂ UN-MEŠ KUR šu-⸢lum⸣ | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA | |
| 7 | a-du-u₂ {1}UR.KU—u₂-ku-u₂-a a-na pa-an | |
| 8 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia it-tal-ka LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 9 | lu-u₂ ha-am ki-i pi-i an-nim-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 10 | d.EN u {d}AG a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 11 | lid-di-nu-ma ERIM-MEŠ ma-la a-na LUGAL | |
| 12 | be-li₂-ia ih-ṭu-u₂ lil-li-⸢ka-am-ma⸣ | |
| 13 | ina pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | u min₃-de-e-ma [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | i-pe-en-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | dib-bi ⸢ṭa⸣-[bu-ti x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | a-di a-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | as-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 26 | be-⸢li₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | dib-bi ṭa-bu-ti ⸢it⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 2 | du-bu-ub-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | at-te-mer-ki [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₂-nam-mi-šu [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | bi-ki-šu₂ a-na {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂}na-gi-ra a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ KUR al-ta-par um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | dib-bi ṭa-bu-ti ⸢it⸣-[ti-šu₂-nu] | |
| 9 | a-dab-bu-ub ṭe₃-em ⸢a⸣-[šak-kan-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 10 | u₂-šar-haṣ-su-nu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂ {uru}HAL.ṢU.MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | u₃ man-di-it ša₂ {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | u₂-nam-mi-šu mi-⸢nu⸣-[u₂ x x x x] | |
| 14 | ša₂ i-mit-ta u₃ šu-⸢me⸣-[la x x x x] | |
| 15 | ma-aṣ-ṣar-ta ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia a-na-aṣ-ṣar] | |
| 16 | u₃ ar₂-ki-šu₂ a-na pa-ni [x x x] | |
| 17 | al-la-ka ki-i na-⸢kut⸣-[ti o] | |
| 18 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia al-tap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x] | |
| 19 | LUGAL be-li₂-a dib-bi it-⸢ti⸣ {[lu₂}EN.NAM] | |
| 20 | [ša₂] {uru}ar₂-rap-hi u₃ ⸢dib⸣-[bi it-ti] | |
| 21 | {1}⸢UR⸣.KU—u₂-ku-u₂-a la i-[x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ana LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 23 | [x x x] a-na-ku [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 24 | [x x] ša₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x x] i [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 26 | [x x x x x x x]-KAM₂ | |
| 27 | [x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i-nu a-na | |
| 28 | [LUGAL be-li₂]-ia a-qab-bi | |
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