CT 54, 068 (P238351)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 54, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238351 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] to the king, my lord, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [did] no[t ... ...] of the king, my lord, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | and th[ey] do not kn[ow] one [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | as the king, my lord, [......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Now why [would] I [......]? |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | I arrested the man, [handed him over] to [NN], and told him: "This man should [be locked up]. I have a case with him before the king." (But) they received three minas of silver from him and released him. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'–o 15'15' | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Who [re]leased him?" Those who smoothed the way of Immâ son of Paharu (and) Nabû-ahhe-bulliṭ son of Ubaru, (and) let go by twenty-five ja[r]s of wine, one talent and thirty minas of blue-purple wool, (and) half a talent of [...] wool. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 16'16'–o 19'19' | And again, [they] have sen[t] Nab[û]-u[... and NN] (with) a [l]oad of three camel[s ....... Perhaps the king], my [lord, will sa]y: "Who [......]?" |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] my [......] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] I will [n]ot get. In [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [... W]hy [...] |
| Obverse [22:24] o 23'23'–o 24'24' | [...] a lamb [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | this [...] and [his] friends take [responsibility for NN], the son of Zeriya |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Perhaps the king], my [lo]rd, will say: |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "[...] the nature of hi[s] denunciation |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] of Nabû-ahhe-šul[lim] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] and in the palac[e] |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | (r 7) (Break) |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | and [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | to the house of [his] lord[s ......], |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | be it a citizen of Babylo[n or ...], |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | he should [...] t[o the k]ing, my lord. |
| Reverse [13:17] r 1414–r 1717 | I said to the king, my lord: "A [servant] of the king, who has connections in the land [...] and ha[s been taught] to treasure the king's word [should co]me and [d]o whatever the king says to him." |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | Also, he s[hould ... s]end a royal eunuch and [put him] in charge of the quay [...]. The king should not neglect it. |
| Reverse [19:24] r 2020–r 2424 | [The king] will say: "A quay — whatever ... this quay?" It is of Cal[a]h. Inasmuch as a royal eunuch is put in charge of the quay, the king will be happy and I shall have faith i[n] my life. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2525–r 2525 | [...] of Belšunu, [...] |
| Reverse [25:27] r 2626–r 2727 | [...] the Ṭabih-k[ari] family |
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 x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢u₃ 01.et ul⸣ i-⸢du⸣-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ki⸣-i ša₂ LUGAL EN-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | en-na am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ a-na-ku [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-me-li ⸢a-ṣa⸣-bat-ma a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x ki-i] | |
| 8' | aq-ba-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma a-me-lu a-⸢ga-a lu-u₂ x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | dib-bu-u₂-a it-ti-šu₂ i-na ⸢pa-an LUGAL⸣ i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 10' | šu-⸢nu⸣ 03 MA.NA KUG.UD in-da-ah-⸢ru⸣-šu₂ u₃ ip-ta-ṭar-šu₂ | |
| 11' | ⸢min₃-de⸣-e-ma LUGAL be-li₂-a i-qab-⸢bi⸣ um-ma man-nu | |
| 12' | ⸢ip⸣-ṭur-šu₂ ša₂ KASKAL.2 a-na GIR₃.2 ša₂⸣ {1}im-ma-a | |
| 13' | DUMU {lu₂}BAHAR₂ {1}{d}AG—⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ—TIN-iṭ⸣ DUMU {1}u₂-bar | |
| 14' | iš-ku-nu 25 {dug}šap-pa-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ GEŠTIN 01 GU₂.UN u₃ 30 MA.NA | |
| 15' | {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃.KUR.RA 1:2 GU₂.UN ⸢SIG₂ x⸣ u₂-še-ti-qu | |
| 16' | u₃ u₂-tir-ru-ma {1}{d}⸢AG—u₂⸣-[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a-u₂ | |
| 17' | ⸢bi⸣-il-tu ša₂ 03 {anše}A.⸢AB.BA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 18' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ SAG ul-te-⸢bi-lu⸣ [min₃-de-e-ma LUGAL EN]-a | |
| 19' | [i-qab]-⸢bi um⸣-ma man-nu [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x]-ia lu-⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x] ⸢ul⸣ a-ra-aš₂-ši i-na [x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x i]-⸢na UGU⸣ mi-ni-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x x x x] {⸢udu⸣}SILA₄ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 24' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] a-ga-a u EN—MUN-MEŠ-[šu₂] EN—MUN-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 2 | [pu-u₂-tu {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ DUMU {1}NUMUN-ia na-šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x min₃-de-e-ma LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-el-a i-qab-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4 | [um-ma x x x x x x] bi-nu-tu a-kal kar-ṣi-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ {1}{d}AG—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—šul-[lim] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢aṣ⸣-ma i-na E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-te | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | u₃ iq-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}DUMU—TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} {lu₂}DUMU—TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia li-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia aq-ta-[bi um-ma x x] | |
| 15 | ša₂ LUGAL ša₂ rik-su i-na KUR [x x i-ra]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 16 | u₃ a-mat LUGAL na-ṣa-ri ⸢šu⸣-[hu-zu lil]-⸢li⸣-kam₂-ma | |
| 17 | mim-mu LUGAL i-⸢qab⸣-ba-aš₂-šu [x x li-pu]-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 18 | u₃ 01.en {lu₂}SAG—LUGAL {lu₂}SAG—LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x liš]-pu-ram-ma | |
| 19 | ina UGU ka-a-ri ⸢li⸣-[ip-qid x x]-⸢is⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢LUGAL la i⸣-ša₂-ṭi [LUGAL] ⸢i⸣-qab-bi [um-ma] ⸢ka⸣-a-ri | |
| 21 | mi-nu-um-⸢ma ka⸣-a-ri an-[nu]-u₂ ⸢i-ta-mar⸣ | |
| 22 | ša₂ {uru}ka-⸢lah₃⸣ šu-u₂ ⸢aš₂-ša₂ {lu₂}SAG—LUGAL⸣ {lu₂}SAG—LUGAL⸣ ina UGU | |
| 23 | ka-a-ri pa-aq-du LUGAL ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ⸢ṭa⸣-ab-šu₂ | |
| 24 | u₃ a-⸢na⸣ ba-laṭ ZI-MEŠ-ia qi₂-pa-ak | |
| 25 | [x x x]-⸢ti⸣ {1}EN-šu₂-nu [x x] | |
| 26 | [x x x x x] {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂—⸢ka⸣-[a-ri] | |
| 27 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.