CT 54, 070 (P238354)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238354 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [Your servant Qišti-Marduk: I would gladly die for Sargon, king of Babylon, king of the lands, the strong king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk] bless [Sargon, king of Babylon, king of the lands, the strong king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | The guar[d of Esaggil and Babylon] and the gods of the king, my lord, are well. The king can be glad! [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The [hearts of] the whole of the land of Akkad [are happy]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | I am one who fears the king of the universe. [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Perhaps the king] will say: "[...]." |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The king [...] a fat-tailed sheep! |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The gods of the king surely know that [......], (and) |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | the king gave my [...], how did my [...]! |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [The ki]ng, my lord, should not trust the heart of those who are held captive! |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | After Nabû-šuma-iškun and Sîn-duri libelled me to the king, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] ... [...] joy as [...]. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | [By the gods of the kin]g, I have not seen joy since [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] I was alive and [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...]s ... of As[syria ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] they spoke |
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}NIG₂.BA—{d}AMAR.UTU a-na di-na-an LUGAL—u₂-kin LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KUR.KUR LUGAL dan-nu be-li₂-ia₂ lul-lik {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL—u₂-kin LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR LUGAL dan-nu be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu um-⸢ma⸣-[a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ma-aṣ-ṣar-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂ E₂.SAG.IL₂ u TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢na⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-ia⸣ [šul-mu LUGAL be-li₂-a] | |
| 7 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ha-a-mi ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [ša₂] KUR—URI{ki} gab-bi [ŠA₃-šu₂-nu] [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [pa]-li-ih ša₂ LUGAL ⸢kiš-šat⸣ a-na-⸢ku⸣ [min₃-de-e-ma] | |
| 10 | [LUGAL] i-qab-bi um-⸢ma⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x] {lu₂}ku-kal-li i-[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ki-i [i]-⸢du⸣-u₂ ki-i ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13 | [x]+⸢x x⸣ du pa LUGAL id-⸢di⸣-na a-ki-i ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-a a-na ⸢UGU-hi⸣ ŠA₃-bi ṣa-ab-tu-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 15 | [la] i-ra-ah-hu-⸢uṣ⸣ ul-tu {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un | |
| 16 | ⸢u₃⸣ {1}{⸢d⸣}30—du-⸢ri⸣ kar-ṣi-ia₂ a-na LUGAL i-ku-lu | |
| 17 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]-šu hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ki-i | |
| 18 | [DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ki-i ul-tu E₂ | |
| 19 | [x x x x]-šu hu-ud ŠA₃-bi a-⸢mu⸣-ru | |
| 20 | [x x x x] bal-ṭa-ku-ma [x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x]-ti ša₂ KUR—aš-[šur{ki]} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x iq]-bu-u₂ | |
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