CT 54, 109 (P238453)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238453 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To Sar]gon, the king [of the lands, my lord]: your servant Nabû-[šuma-iškun]. May [Nabû] and Ma[rduk] ble[ss the king], my lord! Say to the ki[ng], my lord: |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | I now pray to Bel and Nabû for the life and the (regnal) years of the king, my lord, and [I look forward to] the arrival of the king, my lord, in the month Nisan (I). |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] the king, my lo[rd ...] |
| Reverse [1:11] r 22–r 1111 | Ever since the king girded the loins of Uqupu, he has done much wrong against me. He has tak[en] my garden by bringing it under flood. He has tak[en] 100 (kor) of my barley from me. 30 kor of the arable fields which king Tiglath-Pile[ser] (III), your father, [gave me], |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] his [...] again[st ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] greatly my [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] as [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1717–r.e. 1717 | [...] here [...] |
| Right [2:6] r.e. 1818– | Let the king as[k] the Babylonians [and] the Borsippeans, for they know everything about (these) sinister things. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL]—u₂-kin LUGAL [KUR.KUR] | |
| 2 | [be-li₂-ia] ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}AG—[MU—GAR-un] | |
| 3 | [d.AG] u {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia₂ lik-[ru-bu] | |
| 5 | ⸢um⸣-[ma]-⸢a⸣-ma a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | a-du-u₂ [d].EN u {d}⸢AG⸣ | |
| 8 | a-na bu-⸢luṭ⸣ ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9 | u₃ ⸢ša⸣-na-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 10 | ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia₂ u₂-⸢ṣal-la⸣ | |
| 11 | u₃ [x x] u a-la-ka | |
| 12 | ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂]-⸢ia₂⸣ ina {iti}BARAG | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ aš₂ [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢ul⸣-[tu] ⸢UGU⸣-hi | |
| 3 | ša₂ qa-bal ša₂ {1}u₂-qu-pu | |
| 4 | LUGAL ir-ku-su | |
| 5 | ma-aʾ-diš ih-⸢te⸣-bil-an-ni | |
| 6 | {giš}SAR-u₂-a ina me-⸢li⸣ | |
| 7 | ub-bal it-⸢ta⸣-[ši] | |
| 8 | 01 me {še}BAR-a it-⸢ta⸣-[ši] | |
| 9 | 30 GUR {še}NUMUN-u₂-a | |
| 10 | ša₂ TUKUL-ti—DUMU.UŠ—⸢E₂⸣.[ŠAR₂.RA] | |
| 11 | ⸢LUGAL AD⸣-ka i-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]-šu₂ a-na ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]-ia ma-aʾ-[diš x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x]-ni ki-i [x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x] a-kan-⸢na⸣ [x x] | |
| 18 | [x x {lu₂}TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki}⸢MEŠ⸣ [u₃] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}bar-sip{ki}MEŠ LUGAL liš-ʾa-[al] | |
| 2 | ki-i a-na UGU-hi dib-bi e-kil-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | gab-bi i-du-u | |
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