CT 54, 076 (P238390)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238390 |
| 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 [Bel-iqiša]: I would gladly die for [the king of the universe, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king of the universe, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | I p[ray] daily to Bel and Nabû [for the good health of the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] and [...] his |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] Bit-Yakin |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] not agreeable [to] Nabû |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] for Babylon [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] and wit[h ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] he receive[s ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] and the son [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [the Ba]bylonians [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | he has [...ed] Babylon |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [ap]pointees of his hand [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] Bit-Yaki[n ...] |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919–o 2121 | [...] he does not pla[ce ...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'– | The king, [my lord, ...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 2r.e. 2–r.e. 2r.e. 2 | May I see [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 33–r.e. 33 | the king, [my] lo[rd, ...]. |
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}{d}EN—BA-ša₂] | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-[an LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | lul-lik {d}AG [u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na] | |
| 4 | LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia [lik-ru-bu] | |
| 5 | UD-ME-us-su a-[na TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 6 | {[d]}EN u {d}AG ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣal-li] | |
| 7 | [x x x] u₃ [x x x x]-su-ma | |
| 8 | [x x x] E₂—{1}ia-a-ki-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x {d]}AG la ⸢mah-ru-tu₂⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x] a-na TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 11 | [x x x] u₃ it-⸢ti⸣ [x] | |
| 12 | [x x x] i-ma-⸢har⸣ [x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x] u DUMU [x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x] il-[x x x] | |
| 15 | {[lu₂]}⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki}MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 16 | [ša₂] TIN.TIR{ki} i-⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 17 | [pi]-qit-ti ŠU.2-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x] E₂—{1}ia-a-⸢kin₇⸣ [x x] | |
| 19 | [x x] ⸢ul⸣ i-⸢šak⸣-[kan x x] | |
| 20 | [x x]-MEŠ {⸢giš⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | LUGAL [be-li₂ x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 2 | lu-mur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [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)
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