CT 54, 105 (P238450)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238450 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... s]ent [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] into the presence [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] is resident [in ...]. And according to [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] by Jupiter |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] to the authority of Assyria |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...... h]e [will aban]don. Your life with |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] which he adjure[d] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] he exclaimed a[s follows]: |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | "[......] will lea[d ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [......] the scribe of N[N] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] words [...] |
| Obverse [14:22] o 15'15'–o 22'22' | [...... ] sa[id to m]e |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... the ki]ng, [my] lord |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] on [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... I have sent them to] the palac[e] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... The king, my lord], should question the[m]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | [When ... s]ent [..., th]ey [pu]t iron shackles [...] on the feet [of the Babylon]ians, my brothers. The chief eunuch |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] Tardiya and |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'–r 14'14' | [... used to co]me [int]o the presence of the kings, your fathers, [and they used to give him] food and water, and send him [o]n [his way]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [... of the ki]ng, my lord, in the house of the prefect |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] the letter which [...] to the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | [...] are selected. If [it is agreeable] to [the king], let him go [to the kin]g, my lord, and [......]. |
| Reverse [18:22] r 19'19'–r 22'22' | I, too, [with ...] men, will [c]ome [......] |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣ lu [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x iš]-pu-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ⸢pa-ni⸣ [x x x]-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ a-šib ⸢u₃ i-na KA x-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] i-na {mul}SAG.ME.⸢GAR⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ru i-na ŠU.2 KUR—{d}aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 9' | [x x x x x u₂-maš]-šar ZI-MEŠ-ka it-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-it ša₂ u₂-ta-am-⸢mu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]-ia il-ta-si ⸢um⸣-[ma] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]{ki} i-red-[di x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂ {1}[x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x]-us dib-bi [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣-a-⸢ri iq-ta⸣-[ba]-a | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ku | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢dib-bi x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma a-[x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂-nu [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ mu ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢i-na⸣ UGU-⸢hi⸣-[x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x] E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x LUGAL be-li₂-a] ⸢liš-ʾa-al⸣-šu-⸢nu-tu⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x iš]-pu-ru-ni i-na ⸢GIR₃⸣.2 | |
| 9' | [ša₂ {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki]}a.a ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a HAR AN.BAR-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [x x x x iš]-⸢ku⸣-nu {lu₂}GAL—ša₂-⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ša₂-⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ši {1}tar-di-ia ⸢u₃⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ pa-ni LUGAL-MEŠ AD-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x x x x il]-⸢la⸣-ka NINDA-HI.A u₃ me-e | |
| 14' | [i-nam-di-nu-šu₂ KASKAL.2 a]-⸢na GIR₃.2-šu₂ i-šak-ka-nu | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂-ia i-na E₂ {lu₂}šak-nu | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x] ši-⸢pir⸣-ti ša₂ a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x] na-as-<$qa$> ki-i pa-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 18' | [LUGAL mah-ru a-na pa-ni] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia lil-lik-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ a-na-ku ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢al⸣-la-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢tu⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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