CT 54, 108 (P238452)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238452 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | May [Nabû and Marduk] bles[s the king, our lord. ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | with [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [whom] the king [sent] to Borsi[ppa ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | all the archers [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | when they went out [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | of Borsippa again[st ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | We did not [...] the Borsippeans [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | We did [n]ot speak [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] is telling me: "[......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | the Borsippeans should tak[e ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | "A sealed document [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | to the Borsippeans [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Babylon i[n ......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | the forces who [......] |
| Obverse [15:18] o 16'16'–o 18'18' | mess[enger ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the cam[p ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | they know; Babylon [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Nabû-er]iba, son of Nabû-dam[iq ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Elam [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] and Nabû [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] the king who [...] to |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] is known [to] anybody [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... ha]ve [se]nt and [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] nobody should [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] in the territory [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] you will set u[p a c]amp [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | and happily to [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [int]o your hands he sh[ould ......] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | and the remainder [......] |
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 x x] | |
| 2' | lik-⸢ru-bu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | it-ti {lu₂}[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ša₂] LUGAL a-na bar-⸢sip⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}{giš}BAN ma-⸢la⸣ [i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ki-i u₂-ṣu-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ bar-sip{ki} a-na ir-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | bar-sip{⸢ki}MEŠ⸣ ul ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ul⸣ nid-bu-ub ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-qab-ba-a um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | bar-⸢sip⸣{ki}MEŠ liš-šu-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢um⸣-ma un-qu a-⸢šar⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | a-na bar-sip{⸢ki⸣}MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | TIN.TIR{ki} ⸢i-na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | {⸢lu₂⸣}hi-a-a-lu ⸢ša₂⸣ il-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢x x x x⸣ {lu₂}⸢DUMU⸣—[šip-ri {lu₂}⸢DUMU⸣—[šip-ri x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši [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 x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x ma⸣-dak-⸢ta⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢i⸣-du-u₂ ⸢TIN.TIR{ki⸣} [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}{d}AG]—⸢SU A-šu₂⸣ ša₂ {1}{d}AG—⸢SIG₅⸣-[iq x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] {⸢kur}NIM⸣.MA{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ u {d}PA it-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL ša₂ a-na [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x a-na] ⸢mam⸣-ma me-di [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x il]-⸢tap-ru⸣-ma {lu₂}[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢mam⸣-ma la ⸢id⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina qaq-qar ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [u ma]-dak-ta ta-šak-⸢kan⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢u₃ ha⸣-da-a a-na [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [a]-na ŠU.2-ka ⸢li⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | u re-hi ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x 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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