CT 54, 114 (P238457)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 114 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238457 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, [our lord: your servants] Nabû-šumu-[lišir and Aqar-Bel-lumur.] May [the king, our lord, be] well! Say t[o the king, our lord: The fortress] and the troops [of the king] are well. [The mood] of the people of the land is go[od. The king], our lord, can be [glad]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [Concerning the news] of the son of Yakin: [he is] in [Babylon]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | As to the news of the Da[kureans, NN], the son of Raha[...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | of Lanšê [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | the scribe of [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | and Nabû-uša[llim...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | because of the capture [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [..] he has caugh[t him ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] their [...] |
| Obverse [17:21] o 1818–o 2121 | [... c]am[e ...] |
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 | a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-i-ni ARAD-MEŠ-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AG—MU—[SI.SA₂ u {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu-mur] | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šu-[lum a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni] | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni-a-ma] | |
| 5 | šu-lum a-na {[uru}HAL.ṢU.MEŠ] | |
| 6 | u₃ e-mu-qi₂ [ša₂ LUGAL ṭe₃-em] | |
| 7 | ša₂ UN-MEŠ KUR šu-⸢lum⸣ [ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 8 | be-li₂-i-ni lu-u₂ [ṭa-a-bi aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em] | |
| 9 | ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN ⸢ina⸣ [TIN.TIR{ki} šu₂-u₂] | |
| 10 | aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em ša₂ {lu₂}⸢da⸣-[ku-ru {1}x x x] | |
| 11 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}ra-ha-[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ša₂ {1}la-an-še-e [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | u₃ {1}{d}AG—u₂-⸢šal⸣-[lim x x x x x] | |
| 15 | a-na UGU ṣa-ba-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢x x⸣ iṣ-ṣa-ba-⸢as⸣-[su x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x]-ni-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x] ⸢il⸣-li-[ka x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x] ni be [x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x] me ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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