CT 54, 064 (P238331)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238331 |
| 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 [1:3] 2'2'–3'3' | [After ...-da]mmiq has departed to the king, my lord, and sent me the news. |
| Obverse [3:11] 4'4'–11'11' | [(As to) what the king] wrote me: "Let 1,000 archers come [to my presence to ...] me; until now [...] just as Bit-Dakuri [...]. Why is Aššur-belu-taqqin [...ing x] horses and 20,000 archers in a cloister, (while) you do not agree to be attentive [...]?" — |
| Obverse [11:14] 12'12'–14'14' | [Let the king], my lord, study their words! Does [one who loves] the king, our lord, write me in [...]? |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | [...] he does fear our [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | [...] you have not [...] of the king |
| Obverse [16:17] 17'17'–17'17' | [...] they told me: [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] 18'18'–18'18' | [...] he [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] 19'19'–19'19' | [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [19:21] 20'20'–21'21' | [...] No[w...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the words [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Let the king], my lord, ask him [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... a]s much as in Bit-Da[kuri] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] he did not give |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] and Borsippa [...]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | Now, [may] I hear the well-being [of the king, my lord, and may my heart] become happy. |
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' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}x]—⸢SIG₅⸣-iq a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3' | [ki-i it]-⸢ta⸣-lak ši-pir-ti il-tap-ra | |
| 4' | [ša₂ LUGAL] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra um-ma 01 lim ERIM-MEŠ—{giš}BAN ERIM-MEŠ—{giš}BAN | |
| 5' | [a-na pa-ni]-⸢ia⸣ lil-li-ku-u₂-nu | |
| 6' | [x x]-⸢du⸣-in-ni um-ma a-di UGU en-na | |
| 7' | [x x x]-e ki-i ša₂ E₂—{1}da-ku-ru | |
| 8' | [x x x]-u₂ mi-nam-mu {1}{d}aš-šur—EN—LAL | |
| 9' | [x x x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ 20 lim | |
| 10' | [ERIM-MEŠ]—{⸢giš⸣}BAN-šu₂ [ERIM-MEŠ]—{⸢giš⸣}BAN-šu₂ ig-ga-gim-ma ig-ga-gim-ma | |
| 11' | [a-na UGU] pu-uq-qi₂ ul ta-man-gu-ri | |
| 12' | [x x LUGAL] EN-a dib-bi-šu₂-nu lu-u₂-mas-su | |
| 13' | [ra-ʾi-i]-mu ša₂ LUGAL EN-i-ni i-na [x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x]-ni i-šap-pa-ra-an-⸢ni⸣-i | |
| 15' | [x x x x]-ul-i i-pal-⸢lah₃⸣ [x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x] ša₂ LUGAL ul ta-ta-[x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢iq⸣-ta-bu-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢šu⸣-u₂ [x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x] a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x] en-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x x x] a [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-u₂-tu [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-ti dib-bi [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x LUGAL] EN-a liš-al-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-la ša₂ ina E₂—{1}da-⸢ku⸣-[ru] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] la id-di-nu | |
| 6' | [x x x x] u₃ BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢en-na⸣ DI-mu | |
| 8' | [ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia lu]-u₂-uš-mu | |
| 9' | [u₃ ŠA₃-bi li]-ṭi-ban{an}ni | |
Sources & licences
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