CT 54, 224 (P238503)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 224 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238503 |
| 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' | [...]... of [NN ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... h]e practiced, and Chalde[a ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Šum]aya son of Nenê [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Zer]a-ibni, the Babyloni[an, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Merodach-Baladan, th[e son of Yakin, ...]. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 6'6'–o 10'10' | After I had said: "Let them appoint [......], and besides [...]," Marduk-šarru-uṣur was appoi[nted ...]. Having [...ed] 10 shekels of gold [...], he is going back and forth [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | they incite, until to [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | brought them back. [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | of Aqarâ son of Hab[a... ...] |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | They took Bit-Parasi-ili [...], saying, "He who insults the king's command shall [...]. Wait for me, until all [...]" |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] from Bit-Ta[mmeš]-šama' [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] retreat [...]! |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [... the de]legate [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] the elde[rs ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] on the da[y ...] |
| Obverse [21:25] o 22'22'–o 25'25' | [...] deal [...] |
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]-ti ša₂ {1}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x i]-pu-šu-ma {kur}kal-⸢du⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}šu-ma]-a DUMU {1}ne-ne-e [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}NUMUN]—ib-ni {lu₂}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—SUM-na ⸢DUMU⸣—{1}ia-ki-ni] | |
| 6' | ki-i aq-bu-u₂ um-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | lip-qi₂-du-ma al-la [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—ŠEŠ ip-te-⸢qi₂⸣-[du x x x x] | |
| 9' | šu-u₂ 10 GIN₂ KUG.GI ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | il-lak u₃ i-ne₂-eh-⸢hi⸣-[is x x x x x] | |
| 11' | u₂-šad-ba-bu a-di a-na [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | u₂-tir-ru-šu-nu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ša₂ {1}a-qar-a DUMU {mi₂}ha-⸢ba⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 14' | E₂—pa-ra-si—DINGIR it-ta-šu₂-u₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 15' | um-ma ša₂ pi-i LUGAL i-⸢niš-zir⸣ a-ga-a [x x x x] | |
| 16' | um-ma pa-ni-ia du-⸢gul⸣ a-di gab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17' | [x] ⸢ul⸣-tu {uru}E₂—{1}⸢tam⸣-[meš]—ša₂-ma-aʾ [x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x x]-aʾ i-hi-⸢is⸣ [x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x {lu₂]}⸢TIL⸣.LA.GID₂.⸢DA⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x] ši-bu-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x] i-na ŠA₃-bi UD-[mu x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x x]-ni i-pu-uš ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṣa ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 24' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢mi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] tap [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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