CT 54, 133 (P238483)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238483 |
| 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 | Your servant Rimutu: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of the lands, the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | The previous kings wanted excellent work from ancient times for Esaggil. Now [...] is making [...] doorjambs [for the king], his lord. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [... B]abylon |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] concerning |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [...] their work |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | field ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | river [...] ... [...] ... |
| Reverse [5:14] r 6'6'–r 14'14' | of Ku[..., Bel]šunu and Ninurta-naṣir, of which the king said: "I shall make the damage good" — the eyes of the men are darkened, (as) no damages have been made good. Let the king send (word) and I myself shall make the damages good again! May Marduk and Šeru'a make the king, my lord's entry into Esaggil and Babylon regular for a hundred years! |
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 | ARAD-ka {1}ri-mu-tu | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an LUGAL—GI.NA | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR.KUR LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | lul-lik {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂-a-ma | |
| 7 | dul-lu bab-ba-nu-u₂ ša₂ ul-⸢tu₂ UD⸣-me | |
| 8 | pa-nu LUGAL-ME mah-ru-tu₂ ina {e₂}sag-gil | |
| 9 | ṣi-i-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] en-na sip-pe-e | |
| 10 | [x x a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-šu₂ ip-pu-uš | |
| 11 | [x x x x] ⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki} | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] ina UGU | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] dul-la-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ik-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | A.ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {id₂}[x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ u₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | ša₂ {1}ku-[x x {1}{d}EN]-šu₂-nu | |
| 7' | u₃ {1}{d}⸢NIN⸣.URTA—ŠEŠ-ir | |
| 8' | ša₂ LUGAL iq-bu-u₂ um-ma hi-bil-tu₂ | |
| 9' | lu-šal-lim ERIM-MEŠ IGI.2-šu₂-nu a-da-ru | |
| 10' | hi-bil-tu mim-ma ul u₂-šal-lim | |
| 11' | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-ma hi-bil-tu₂ | |
| 12' | lu-šal-lim {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}A.EDIN | |
| 13' | 01 me MU-ME ana {e₂}sag-gil₂ | |
| 14' | u TIN.TIR{ki} ne₂-reb LUGAL | |
| 15' | be-li₂-ia₂ lu-sad-dir | |
Sources & licences
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