CT 54, 063 (P238329)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238329 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Write down] and [...] to the k[ing ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... the Se]ries [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | this [...] the sun [......]. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | The eclipse of the moon which [took place] in Ta[mmuz (IV)] [and af]fected [...], placed [...] to the sun which [...] in the first year, saying: |
| Obverse [11:15] o 12'12'–o 15'15' | "[...] of the king will occur to his land but the [...] will not stay in his land [...] will return [to] his [...]." |
| Obverse [15:20] o 16'16'– | (16') (Broken and untranslatable) |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | The gist of the rest of the words is, don't be afraid but have much confidence and wait for my later report. In this very manner he has for these three years been inciting Bel-eṭir, the commandant, and [......]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | As long as he [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | After me, silver [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Now then [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | do not [...] this [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | you saw [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | to Assyria [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | write down and [communicate it] to the ki[ng ...] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Also extract the words which the gods [......] and put them in [......]. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | As for [...], the sons of Bel-eṭir [......] |
| Reverse [18:21] r 1919–r 2121 | from [......] |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢a x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-ma um-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x-ma⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x ka ru x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ an-ni-i {d}UTU ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢AN⸣.MI {d}30 ša₂ ina {iti}⸢ŠU⸣ [iš-ku-nu] | |
| 10' | [x x x il]-pu-tu a-na {d}UTU ša₂ i-na ⸢MU 01-KAM₂⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ il-ta-kan um-ma | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-ri-ti LUGAL ana KUR-šu₂ ib-ba-aš₂-ši-ma | |
| 13' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti i-na KUR-šu₂ ul uš-šab | |
| 14' | [x x x x x]-šu₂ i-tur-ru um-ma | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ri⸣-šu₂ UGU-šu₂ ša₂ am-ru | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bu-ka at-ta na-[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣ ta-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x il pu x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x] UGU te-bi-ka na-da-ti u šit-ti dib-bi | |
| 3 | ⸢ka⸣-la-ma šu₂-u₂ la pal-ha-ta ma-aʾ-diš | |
| 4 | lu-u₂ ra-ah-ṣa-ta u pa-ni ṭe₃-mi-ia | |
| 5 | ar₂-ki-i du-gul ŠA₃-bu-u₂ a-ga-nim-ma | |
| 6 | 03 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-ga-a {1}{d}EN—KAR⸣-ir {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 7 | u₂-šad-ba-ab-ma a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢a x x x⸣ | |
| 8 | a-di šu-tu-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | EGIR-ia KUG.UD {1}{d}⸢EN⸣—[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | en-na a-du-u₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | an-ni-ti la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ta-mu-ru ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-na KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | šu-ṭur-ma a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | u₃ dib-bi ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | u₂-suh-ma i-na [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 17 | šuk-na UGU-hi {1}[x x x x x x] ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}EN—KAR-ir ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 19 | ul-tu UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x]+⸢x {d}EN⸣ it-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x] ⸢it⸣-ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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