CT 54, 067 (P238349)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238349 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Yo]ur [servants] Kinâ [and Ereši], the 'temple-enterers' and the el[ders] of Nemed-Laguda: We would gladly [die] for [the ki]ng! May E[a, Damkina, Uruk] and Eanna bless Sargon, king of the universe, [our lord! Say t]o the king, our lord: |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] defectors |
| Obverse [8:16] o 99–o 1616 | After the god Šeršeri together with Laguda had delivered the four quarters of the world into the king's hands — all [the enemies had bowed] before the king, our lord — (and) the king, [our] lord, Sargon, had conquered the Sealand as well, he exempted [...] the old cult cities as a prayer of blessing for [himself]. At that time, four cities were exempted. |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | Nemed-Laguda, a temple of Marduk in the middle [of ...], an old cult town which the king had p[ut] in the treaty, and had cursed with a curse [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | Merodach-Baladan [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | different from before [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | and [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Why [does] the [...]? |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | And see, [our] messengers [whom] we sent [to the king, our lord — his] head [...]; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | and another one, having escape[d, ...] |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | Why does the king, our lord, say: "[Those who] have grabbed ... [...]"? |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Adad-šuma-uṣur, the [..., ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | whom I sent to the king [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | are coming up here, I [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | th[is] boundary stone [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | we had chosen [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] ... [...] the houses |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...] the son of Yakin |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [...... of the k]ing, my lord, |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | [......] us |
| Reverse [19:23] r 20'20'– | [...] they do not trust in the word of the king. I [and] my brothers, our mouth and [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 23r.e. 23–r.e. 23r.e. 23 | [...] said. The messenge[r ...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2424–r.e. 2424 | [...] who came here [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] we are lost. |
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 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}ki-na-a [u {1}e-re-ši] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}TU—E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}TU—E₂-MEŠ u₃ {⸢lu₂⸣}[AB.BA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ša₂ UŠ—{d}la-gu-du{ki} a-⸢na⸣ [di-na-an] | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ni-il-lik {d}E₂.[A {d}DAM.KI.NA] | |
| 5 | [UNUG{ki} u₃ {d}E₂].AN.NA a-na [LUGAL—GI].⸢NA⸣ LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | [EN-ni] ⸢lik⸣-[ru]-⸢bu⸣ [um-ma-a a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ni-ma | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] ma-aq-tu-ti | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]-mu ul-tu | |
| 9 | {d}še-er-še-ri a-⸢di⸣ {[d]}la-gu-du | |
| 10 | kib-ra-a-ti er-bet-⸢ti⸣ a-⸢na⸣ ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 11 | be-li₂-ni ki-i im-nu-u₂ {[lu₂}KUR₂-MEŠ] ma-la | |
| 12 | ba-šu-u₂ ma-har LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ni⸣ [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 13 | KUR—tam-tim-ma {1}LUGAL—GIN LUGAL be-li₂-[a-ni] | |
| 14 | ik-šu-du a-na ik-ri-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ma-ha-zi la-bi-ru-ti a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 16 | uz-zak-ki ina ŠA₃-bi 04 URU-MEŠ iz-za-ku-u₂ [o] | |
| 17 | UŠ—{d}la-gu-du{ki} E₂—{d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ [x x] | |
| 18 | ma-ha-zu la-bi-ru ša₂ LUGAL i-na a-de-e iš-[ku-nu] | |
| 19 | u₃ ar₂-ra-ta i-ru-ru-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 20 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—SUM-na it-[x x x x x] | |
| 21 | a-na la ša₂ mah-ri-i il-[x x x x x] | |
| 22 | u₃ be-[x x] ⸢ta⸣ ni [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [mi]-nam-ma {lu₂}[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ a-mur {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-[i-ni {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-[i-ni ša₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ni] | |
| 3' | ni-iš-pu-ra SAG.DU-[su x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ ša₂-nu-u₂ [ki]-⸢i ih⸣-li-[qu x x x x] | |
| 5' | mi-nam-⸢ma⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | LUGAL be-li₂-[a-ni i]-qab-⸢bi⸣ [um-ma x x x x x] | |
| 7' | iṣ-ba-[tu₂] ha-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}{d}IM—MU—ŠEŠ {lu₂}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša₂ a-na LUGAL aš₂-pu-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-lu-ni a-na-ku [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | NIG₂.GUB an-⸢nu⸣-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ni-hi-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x x]-li | |
| 16' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] E₂-MEŠ | |
| 17' | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢DUMU⸣—{1}ia-ki-na | |
| 18' | ri-[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 19' | u₂-[x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] bu ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x x⸣-na-ši | |
| 20' | ⸢x x x⸣ a ⸢x x⸣ tu [x] a-na UGU a-mat LUGAL | |
| 21' | [x x] la tak-lu a-na-ku ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 22' | ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-e-a pi-i-ni [x] u₃ [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 23 | [x x] id-dab-bu-ub {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | [x x] ša₂ il-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x] us-[x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] a-ni-i-ni hal-qa-a-ni | |
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