CT 54, 066 (P238347)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238347 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Baby[lon ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | and [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | uprooting [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the presence of the king [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the king to the house [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | hor[ses ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | the magnate[s ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | in accordance with [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | my energy to [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | your [...] backed off [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | there have been [si]gns, his land today |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] Babylo[n ...] all [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] these [...] which were set(tled) |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] is evil |
| Obverse [17:20] o 18'18'–o 20'20' | [...] saying, "Let me send (it) to the king, my lord. If my report is not convenient for the king, let me send what is agreeable to the king." |
| Obverse [20:28] o 21'21'– | As we have heard, the magnates of the king are telling the king, my lord, that he should not go to Babylon. Tiglath-Pileser (III) [and Shalmane]ser (V), who went (there), [...ed — what] would he take? |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | [Wh]y [...]? If you come, (as) [a king who] disposes of the leftovers (of the gods), [who] restores peace (and) [...] to Esaggil (and) Babylon, establishes a pact of protection [and] concludes it with the inhabitants of Babylon, [who reple]nishes [the trea]suries of Esaggil and Ezida — Bel and Nabû will grant (you) a long life, good health and happiness. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | But king [Merodach-B]aladan and his son Zakiru have [lived in ...] Babylon [..., the first for x yea]rs and the second for 36 year[s. N]othing in [...]. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212–r 1515 | [May the gods of the king], my [lo]rd, kn[ow that ...] the earlier kings verily [did establish] (our) privileges. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | May Bel and Nabû [give you] 30 year[s of ...] (and) 40 years of supremacy! |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Accordingly, [I fe]ar their divinity [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | for Lanšê, the [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | they did not raise. [...] and [...] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | Now [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] climbs up. |
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-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢du⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | na-sa-ah [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | pa-an ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | LUGAL a-na E₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {anše}KUR.[RA-MEŠ x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {lu₂}GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na pi-i [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢a⸣-hi a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x [x x] | |
| 13' | [x]+⸢x⸣-ka [x x x x x x] ana ku-tal it-⸢te⸣-[eh-su] | |
| 14' | ⸢GISKIM-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x]-lak KUR-šu₂ UD-mu a-ga-a | |
| 15' | [x] TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x]-ha-ri gab-bi | |
| 16' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x]-⸢pi⸣ a-ga-a ša₂ iš-šak-nu | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x] le-mun | |
| 18' | [x x x x]-mi um-ma a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lu-še-bi-la | |
| 19' | [ki-i] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-ma pa-an LUGAL ul i-mah-har | |
| 20' | [a-ki] ša₂ pa-an LUGAL mah-ru lu-še-bi-la | |
| 21' | [a-ki]-i niš-mu-u₂ {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 22' | [i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u₂ um-ma a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23' | [o] la il-lak | |
| 24' | [o] {1}{⸢giš}TUKUL-ti⸣—DUMU.UŠ—E₂.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 25' | [u₃ {1}DI-ma-nu—SAG].KAL ša₂ il-li-ku | |
| 26' | [x x x x x] liš-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x a-na] ⸢mi⸣-ni-i ki-i tal-la-ku | |
| 2 | [a-na LUGAL ša₂ šit]-⸢tu⸣-ti i-šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [x x] ⸢E₂.SAG⸣.IL₂ TIN.TIR{ki} ša₂ ša₂-lam | |
| 4 | [x x]{ki} ip-pu-šu₂ ki-di-nu i-kaṣ₃-ṣa-ru | |
| 5 | [u₃ it]-ti DUMU-MEŠ—TIN.TIR{ki} DUMU-MEŠ—TIN.TIR{ki} u₂-šal-la-mu | |
| 6 | [u₃ NIG₂].GA E₂.SAG.IL₂ u E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 7 | [i-kaṣ₃]-ṣa-ru {d}EN u [d].⸢AG⸣ UD-mu ar₂-ku-ti | |
| 8 | [ṭu-bi UZU]-MEŠ ṭu-bi ŠA₃-bi i-šar-ra-ku | |
| 9 | [u₃ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU]—⸢DUMU⸣.UŠ—SUM-na LUGAL u {1}za-ki-ru DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 10 | 01-en x MU.AN].⸢NA⸣-MEŠ u₃ ša₂-nu-u₂ 36 MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] TIN.TIR{ki} i-[x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ mim-ma i-⸢na x x x⸣ [x DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂] | |
| 13 | [LUGAL be]-li₂-ia₂ lu-u₂ i-du-[u₂ ki-i x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] LUGAL-MEŠ mah-ru-ti [x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x] ki-di-nu-ti la [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | d.EN u {d}AG 30 MU.AN.⸢NA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 17 | 40 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ kiš-šu₂-[tu x x x x x] | |
| 18 | a-na pi-i DINGIR-su-nu pal-⸢ha⸣-[ku x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | a-na {1}la-an-še-e {lu₂}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ul iš-šu₂-u₂ [x] u₃ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | en-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] il-la-a | |
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