CT 54, 149 (P238352)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238352 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...], saying: "...[...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] ... darkness that [...] to the king [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [has ent]ered [...]. Now these men [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] unreliable (and) rebellio[us ...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [...] and their brothers [have been deported] to Ashdod (and) [have been settled] in Tabal. |
| Reverse [7:17] r 8'8'–r 17'17' | Regarding Nabû-le'i [who w]rote: "Let me live where you are" — is there nothing at all [that] pleases [the ki]ng, my lord? If they act quickly, let Nabû-le'i come, as the king, my lord, wrote, so his people will rally against him, and people who are not his will rally against him too. Let me tell the king, my lord, how it can be arranged, and let the king, my lord, do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [17:22] r 18'18'– | Did I not say to the king, my lord, as foll[ows: "The ... of the king], my lord, carries out [the ...] of the king, his lord according to [...]"? |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 22r.e. 22–r.e. 22r.e. 22 | [...] the troops of the king, my lord [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2323–r.e. 2323 | [...] the letter of the king, [my] l[ord ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] a hundred yea[rs] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] Bel in happiness |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] we shall add to it [and] |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | deliver it [to the king, my lord]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ um-ma me-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢e⸣-kil-ti ša₂ a-na LUGAL ⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [i-te]-ru-bu en-na ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ la ki-ne₂-e mul-tab-lak-⸢kit₂⸣ [x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na {uru}aš₂-du-du | |
| 7' | [x x x]-šu₂-nu-ti ina {kur}ta-ba-li | |
| 8' | [x x-šu₂]-nu-ti aš₂-šu₂ {1}{d}AG—A₂.GAL₂ | |
| 9' | [ša₂ iš]-pu-ra um-ma a-šar at-ta | |
| 10' | [a-na-ku] lu-ši-ib ul mim-ma-a | |
| 11' | [ša₂ ina pa-an] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia ṭa-a-bu ki-i | |
| 12' | ⸢ha⸣-[an]-ṭiš ip-⸢pu⸣-šu {1}{d}AG—A₂.GAL₂ ki-i | |
| 13' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a iš-pu-ra lil-li-kam₂-ma | |
| 14' | UN-MEŠ-šu₂ a-na UGU-hi-šu₂ lip-hu-ru u₃ | |
| 15' | UN-MEŠ ša₂ la at-tu-šu₂ ana UGU-hi-šu₂ lip-hu-ru-ma | |
| 16' | aš₂-ša₂ it-ta-ta-ra-ṣu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 17' | lu-uq-bi-ma LUGAL be-li₂ ki-[i ša₂ i]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 18' | li-pu-uš ul ki-i pi-[i an-ni-i] | |
| 19' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia aq-bi [um-ma x LUGAL] | |
| 20' | [o] be-li₂-ia ka-di-i—aš₂-ša₂ ka-di-i—aš₂-ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 21' | [o] ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ u₂-šal-li-[mu x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 22 | [o] ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 23 | [x x x] ⸢ši⸣-pir-ta ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia x x x] | |
| 24 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-im-ma 01 me MU.AN.⸢NA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] {d}EN ina ṭu-ub ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] a-na UGU nu-rad-di-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] nid-din | |
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