CT 54, 080 (P238413)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238413 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [...... As] they [say], “In [......],” did I provide you [with ...? And in] line with what (all) the lands say, “Do the [k]ing’s work],” he who is devoted to [his lord, d]oes so. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 6'6'–r 12'12' | Now then I’m writing to yo[u: Behold], my [e]ars are open to appeals. [If you repent], and if for the curs[es that befell ...], you [n]ow afterwards do go[od deeds] and are recep[tive ... to the words of] this [mes]sage of mine, they [will give you] a nice reward in accordance with how [you do] this work. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 13'13'–r 15'15' | You [shall] be [d]one up, and thereby [you will see the ... and] the shares that I will give to your son and [your gr]andson(s). |
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] | |
| 2' | [i-qab-bu]-u₂ um-ma i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [u₃ i-na] UGU ša₂ KUR.KUR i-qab-bu-⸢u₂⸣ [um-ma dul-lu] | |
| 5' | [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ e-pu-uš ša₂ pa-ni-šu₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [ip]-⸢pu⸣-uš en-na a-du-u₂ al-<tap>-rak-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 7' | [a-mur] ⸢uz⸣-na-a a-na ⸢ma⸣-ha-ra pe-ta-a [ki-i x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-ma u₃ ki-i a-na ar-ra-[ti ša₂ x x] | |
| 9' | [x x a]-⸢du⸣-u₂ ar₂-ka-niš te-ep-pu-šu ⸢dam⸣-[qa-ti] | |
| 10' | [a-mat ši]-⸢pir⸣-ti-ia an-ni-ti muš-⸢ta⸣-[mu-u] | |
| 11' | [x x at]-ta ki-i ša₂ dul-lu an-na-a [te-tep-šu] | |
| 12' | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ ri-mu-tu bab-ba-ni-ti i-[nam-di-nu-ka] | |
| 13' | [lu up]-pu-ša₂-a-ti u₃ i-na ŠA₃-bi [tam-mar x x] | |
| 14' | [u] {⸢giš⸣}ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ a-na DUMU-ka DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[ka] DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[ka] | |
| 15' | [a]-⸢nam⸣-di-nu | |
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