CT 54, 104 (P238447)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238447 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | To the king [of the lands, our] lord: you[r] servants, [the Nippurians. May] Enli[l], N[inurta, and Nusku bless] the ki[ng of the lands, our lord! May] Enli[l ......] of the ki[ng, our lord], and ma[y ......] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | We a[re] dead [dogs]. We h[ave] sp[oken to the servants] of the king, our lord, saying: "Let us [see] the face of the king, [so that] we may co[me] to [li]fe." |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'– | Why [...] in [...]? We shall go in (accordance with) [your] orde[r], and we will spea[k] before the people of o[ur] country. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL [KUR.KUR] | |
| 2 | be-li₂-[i-ni] | |
| 3 | ARAD-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ {[lu₂}EN.LIL₂{ki}MEŠ] | |
| 4 | {d}EN.⸢LIL₂ {d⸣}[NIN.URTA u {d}PA.TUG₂] | |
| 5 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR.KUR EN-i-ni lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | {d}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR.KUR EN-i-ni x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢lu⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x ni x⸣+[x x x x UR.KU-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | mi-tu-ti a-⸢ni⸣-[ni it-ti ARAD-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni ⸢nid-da⸣-[bu-ub] | |
| 4' | um-ma pa-ni ša₂ LUGAL ni-[mur-ma] | |
| 5' | ni-⸢ib-luṭ⸣ am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢šap-x x a-na ši⸣-pir-⸢ti⸣-[ka] | |
| 7' | ni-il-lak ⸢u₃⸣ | |
| 8' | ina pa-ni UN-MEŠ KUR-⸢i⸣-[ni] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | ni-id-⸢bu⸣-[ub] | |
Sources & licences
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