CT 54, 371 (P238343)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 371 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238343 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king] of the lands, m[y] lord: [yo]ur [servant], Bel-iddin. May [Nabû and] Marduk bless the king of the lan[d]s, my [lord]. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | [Hah]huru, Šel[eb]u's son, [the ... of] my fathers, kept telling me: "The king's attention is upon m[e], petition him!" |
| Obverse [8:16] o 99–o 1616 | (So) I went and petitioned [the kin]g. For these twelve years I have been in the service of Lubulliṭ, the king's prefect, (while) Hahhuru's [m]en [in] Babylon have been denigrating my father's house, [say]ing: "His son [w]ent into the presence of the king of Aššur." |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | My [fat]her's house [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] Remanni-i[lu ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] whom the king [...] |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [...] Now, [may] the king pass a judgement [in favour of his servant] for [the ... of Bel] and Nabû. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}EN—SUM-na | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u] {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ | |
| 4 | [be-li₂]-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | {1}ha-ah]-hu-ru DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}še-⸢le-bi⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x AD-MEŠ⸣-ia | |
| 7 | [u₂]-⸢ta-ri⸣ i-qab-ba-⸢a⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢um⸣-ma-a PI.2 LUGAL a-na UGU-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢muh⸣-hur ki-i al-li-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ an-da-har 12 MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [a]-⸢ga⸣-a ina pa-ni {1}lu-bul-liṭ | |
| 12 | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAR-nu LUGAL paq-dak-ka | |
| 13 | ⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {1}ha-ah-hu-ru | |
| 14 | [ina] {uru}TIN.TIR{ki} kar-ṣi | |
| 15 | [ša₂] ⸢E₂⸣—AD-ia ⸢E₂⸣—AD-ia i-ta-kal | |
| 16 | [um]-⸢ma⸣ DUMU-šu₂ a-na pa-ni LUGAL {d}aš-šur | |
| 17 | [it]-⸢ta⸣-lak ⸢E₂—AD⸣-ia ⸢E₂—AD⸣-ia ⸢E₂—AD⸣-ia | |
| 18 | [x x]-MEŠ ⸢i⸣-[x x]-bi | |
| 19 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢di⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]-⸢kar x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ki ⸢li⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x {1}re-man-ni—⸢DINGIR⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ LUGAL zi-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] en-na a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | {[d}EN] ⸢u⸣ {d}PA LUGAL di-ni [ša₂ ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 7' | [li]-i-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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