CT 54, 065 (P238334)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238334 |
| 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] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [May ...] and Uruk [bl]ess [the king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (I swear) by the god himself |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] that |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] to you |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] seizes you |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] that before (taking) oath |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] my crime is sl[ight]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [.....] why |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [.....] in the presence of the king |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [.....] the šandabakku |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'–o 15'15' | [.....] Bel-usati |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] Uruk being exiled |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [.....] if heaven has decided [...] all ... |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | [.....] I do not say: "[...] I am an Akkadian" — [...] would lead me away [on accou]nt of it. [May] the king [rescue] me! May I be a citizen of Der! May the king not abandon me [to] a single oppressor! |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [I] have no [...]. Turn your beautiful face [...] towards me! |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] are plotting, saying: |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | [.....] Nanaya |
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 u⸣ UNUG{ki} | |
| 3' | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik]-ru-bu um-ma-a | |
| 4' | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a]-ma DINGIR-um-ma | |
| 5' | [x x x x lu-u₂ i]-du-u₂ ki-i | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-dan-ak-ka | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-ṣa-bat-tak-ka | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i lam-⸢ma a-de⸣-e | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] ⸢hi⸣-ṭu-u₂-a ⸢mi⸣-[ṣi] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]-ni-i {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x] {1}{d}EN—u₂-sa-a-ta⸣ | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [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] ⸢pu x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x UNUG{ki} ig-lu-u₂⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x ki-i AN-e⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢x ip-ru-su ka⸣-la-mu | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢bal⸣ ul a-qab-ba um-ma | |
| 6' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}⸢ak-ka-du-u₂ a-na-ku⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi ib-⸢bak-ka-an-ni⸣ LUGAL | |
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-ni ⸢a-na-ku lu-u₂ {lu₂}BAD₃{ki⸣} | |
| 9' | [x x x] 01.en ⸢tu-uk-ku-u₂ LUGAL la u₂-maš-šar-an⸣-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ia-a-⸢nu pa-ni-ka ba⸣-nu-tu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x] a-na UGU-hi-ia ⸢šu-kun⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-dab-bu-bu um-ma | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x] {⸢d⸣}na-na-a | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
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