CT 54, 111 (P238455)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238455 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] each other [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... h]e wen[t ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] the Kiši[tes ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] at the foot [...] |
| Obverse [4:10] o 5'5'–o 10'10' | [......] the Borsi[ppeans, the Sippareans] (and) the Cuthae[ans, saying]: "This year the son of Yak[in] will not come [in] the month Nisan (I)." [He ga]ve [the order]: "The king of Elam has held him back, but you, come yourself and sacrifice your lambs!" |
| Obverse [10:28] o 11'11'– | I have made inqui[ries]. After he wrote to the son of Yakin, Kuttiya, the son of Šarrani, wanted to return to his presence. He did not [agree but] gave him [40] minas of silver and spoke to him with these words: "I have already given you [4]0 minas of silver. And now [I will give] you 10 minas of silver and send you back to the son of [NN]. Go and encourage the Babylonians and say to them (thus): '[Since] you went away, there has been no more procession of Nin[urta]. Because of this [...] has not come, but he will come [next year]. And I myself [...].'" |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] the leper [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | [...] my [mess]engers to [...] |
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] ⸢a-ha⸣-meš [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ta-⸢lak⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x {lu₂]}KIŠ{ki}⸢MEŠ⸣ [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ina GIR₃.2 [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}BAR₂.⸢SIPA⸣{[ki}MEŠ] | |
| 6' | {[lu₂}sip-par]{ki}MEŠ {lu₂}GU₂.DU₈.A{ki}⸢MEŠ⸣ [um-ma] | |
| 7' | [i-na] MU.AN.NA a-ga-a DUMU—{1}ia-⸢ki⸣-[ni] | |
| 8' | [i-na] {⸢iti⸣}BARAG ul il-la-ka [ṭe₃-mu] | |
| 9' | [il]-⸢ta⸣-kan um-ma LUGAL {kur}NIM.⸢MA⸣{[ki]} | |
| 10' | [ik]-⸢te⸣-liš um-ma at-tu-un al-⸢ka⸣-[ma] | |
| 11' | {⸢udu⸣}SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ-ku-nu ep-ša₂ al-te-⸢ʾi⸣ | |
| 12' | [a-na] E₂ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN ki-i iš-pu-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 13' | {1}ku]-⸢ut⸣-ti-ia DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}LUGAL-a-ni a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 14' | ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu₂ i-ta-ri ul ⸢i⸣-[man-gur-ma] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | 40 ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD it-⸢tan⸣-na-[šu₂] | |
| 16' | [um-ma] ⸢ki⸣-i ⸢pi⸣-i an-ni-i [o] | |
| 17' | ⸢iq⸣-ta-ba-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma ⸢a-du⸣-[u₂] | |
| 18' | 40 MA.NA KUG.UD at-tan-[na-ka] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ en-na 10 MA.NA KUG.UD [a-nam-din] | |
| 2 | u₃ u₂-tar-ma a-na DUMU {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | u₂-tar-ka um-ma a-lik-ma {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ] | |
| 4 | šur-hi-iṣ qi₂-ba-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti um-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5 | ša₂ tal-li-ka ta-bu-u₂ ša₂ {d}⸢NIN⸣.[URTA] | |
| 6 | ia-aʾ-nu um-ma aš₂-šu₂ an-ni-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢ul⸣ il-li-ka um-ma ina [x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢il⸣-la-ka u₃ a-na-ku [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] {lu₂}ga-ra-ba-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] in ri a-na ha-[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x {lu₂}A]—KIN-MEŠ-ia₂ {lu₂}A]—KIN-MEŠ-ia₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ nu-[x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-⸢ri⸣ ṭe₃-[e-mu x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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