CT 54, 141 (P238498)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238498 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the cit[y ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the city Kar-[...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | th[ey] have sho[wn ...] |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'–o 12'12' | [Perhaps the king] will ask, "Where are ...?" From the[r]e is half a shekel of territory (ca. 1 km) until the magnates. The second watch is from Dume-il to Šadirtu, a league (and) half a shekel of territory (ca. 11 km), pasture-land of the Euphrates. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'–o 15'15' | I keep telling Belšunu, "Give m[e] troops and assi[gn] them to m[y] watch!" |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] words [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | fifty m[en ...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'– | to [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | I sa[i]d: "[...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | in [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Gi[ve m]e [... an]d [...]!" |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55–r 1212 | H[e does] not [comply but] says: "These [men] are [...]." H[is] family (and) [broth]ers live in Babylon (and) Borsi[pp]a. They refuse to leave (and) are waiting for his command. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | The straw and [...] of the prefect of the [...]s [are] in Rahiq[u]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Straw fr[om ...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | to the camp [...] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | his record [...] |
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] | |
| 2' | {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {uru}⸢kar—x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | uk-tal-⸢li⸣-[mu min₃-de LUGAL] | |
| 5' | i-ša₂-ʾa-al ⸢um-ma⸣ | |
| 6' | ta-a.a-ba-⸢ta⸣ e-ka-⸢nu⸣ [o] | |
| 7' | ul-tu ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ 1:2 GIN₂ qaq-qar | |
| 8' | a-na pa-an {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9' | ša₂-ni-ta EN.NUN ul-tu | |
| 10' | {uru}du-u₂-me—DINGIR a-di-i | |
| 11' | {uru}ša₂-⸢dir⸣-tu be₂-e-ru 1:2 GIN₂ | |
| 12' | qaq-qar sa-ad {id₂}pu-rat-tu | |
| 13' | a-⸢na⸣ {1}{d}EN-šu₂-nu a-qab-bi-ma | |
| 14' | um-ma ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ bi-nam-⸢ma⸣ [a-na] | |
| 15' | EN.NUN-⸢ia⸣ [o] paq-⸢qi₂⸣-[id] | |
| 16' | dib-bi ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17' | 50 ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 18' | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | aq-⸢ta⸣-[bi um-ma x x x] | |
| 2 | ina {giš}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | i-na-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | bi-⸢nam-ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ul ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢i-qab⸣-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x] | |
| 7 | an-nu-tu [x] ⸢x x x⸣ šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | {lu₂}qin-na-⸢šu₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ina TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} ina ⸢BAR₂.SIPA⸣{ki} | |
| 10 | aš₂-bu ul ⸢i⸣-man-gur | |
| 11 | ul uṣ-⸢ṣu⸣-nu pa-an | |
| 12 | pi-⸢i⸣-šu₂ ⸢i⸣-dag-ga-lu | |
| 13 | {lu₂}šak-nu {⸢lu₂}x x-ta⸣-a-nu | |
| 14 | IN.NU-šu₂ ⸢u₃ x⸣+[x x]-⸢ia⸣-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ina {uru}ra-⸢hi-qu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 16 | IN.NU ⸢ul-tu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | a-na ma-⸢dak-tu₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18 | im-mu-⸢šu₂ x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 19 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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