CT 54, 056 (P238248)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238248 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the kin]g of the lands, my lord: your servant Bel-ušezib. May [Bel, Nabû and Šama]š bless the king, my lord! May they make [...] pass before the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [If a planet rises in Elul (VI): rising of busine]ss, thriving of grain. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [If ......]: the harvest will not increase. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] When [...]ya the cohort commander |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] brought them here, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... NN] is saying: "[I shall not g]ive them anything |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... No]body is giving silver |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [.....]. I will not give anything in my possession |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... to] the eunuchs, and my report |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...]. May the lord of kings do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] I hear [..., I shall wr]ite to the king, my lord. Let the lord of kings do as he deems best. |
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 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR ⸢EN-ia⸣ ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-⸢zib⸣ | |
| 2 | {[d}EN {d}AG u₃ {d]}⸢UTU a-na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢pa-an⸣ LUGAL EN-a lu-⸢še-ti-qu⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 {d}UDU.IDIM ina {iti}KIN IGI-ir ša₂-qe₂-e KI].⸢LAM⸣ na-pa-aš₂ {⸢d}NISABA⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ la₃ PI | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia₂ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ [o] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x]-tu ki-i i-bu-ku-niš-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢tu⸣-nu i-qab-bi um-ma mim-ma | |
| 5' | [x x x x ul a]-⸢nam⸣-da-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂-nu-ti mam-ma KUG.UD | |
| 6' | [x x x x x ul] ⸢i⸣-nam-di-ni u mim-ma ina ŠU.2-ia | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] {lu₂}SAG-ME ul a-nam-din-ma ṭe₃-⸢e⸣-me-a | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] EN LUGAL-ME ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ li-pu-uš | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi a-šem-me-e-ma a-na LUGAL be-li-ia | |
| 10' | [a-šap]-⸢pa⸣-ru EN LUGAL-ME ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ li-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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