CT 54, 164 (P238527)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238527 |
| 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 [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | [...] has sent to Bel-ahhe-eriba the ... [...] two talents (and) twenty minas of [...], six minas of first quality wool, five j[ars], (and) one naṣbatu-garment [......], and [has written him] a letter. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | Forty minas of iron, one [...]-garment of first quality wool, one hat, [...], ... [..., on]e na[ṣbatu]-garment [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | and Raši-[il ......] |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | Kurig[al]zu [...] has allied himself with them. He has written to [...]: "[Tell] N[N] that [he] should n[ot return] to his country this year. He should stay (there) and we should make one country enter [before] the king." |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | All this (is relevant to) the objec[tive of the king.] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | Messag[e]s which Kur[igalzu] dispatc[hed ...]. |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | 02 ⸢GU₂⸣.[UN] 20 MA.NA x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | 06 MA.NA SIG₂ SAG 05 {⸢dug}šap⸣-[pa-ti] | |
| 4' | 01.en {tug₂}na-aṣ-ba-ti ina ⸢ba⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—eri-ba {lu₂}[x x] | |
| 6' | ul-te-bi-il u₃ ši-pir-[ti x x] | |
| 7' | 40 MA.NA AN.BAR 01.et {tug₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂ SIG₂ ⸢SAG⸣ 01.en {⸢tug₂⸣}kub-šu₂ ⸢nu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | ina ŠU ⸢x⸣ [x 01.⸢en⸣ {tug₂}na-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ul x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢di x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u {1}TUK-⸢ši⸣—[DINGIR x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}ku-ri-⸢gal-zu u x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | it-ti-šu₂-nu il-ta-kan ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | il-tap-ra um-ma a-na {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x] | |
| 6' | šat-ti a-ga-a a-na KUR-šu₂ ⸢la⸣ [i-tar] | |
| 7' | lu-u₂ a-šib-ma 01.et ma-a-ti [a-na IGI] | |
| 8' | LUGAL nu-še-rib [o] | |
| 9' | PAB an-nu-u₂ ṣi-⸢bu⸣-[tu ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 10' | ši-pir-⸢e-ti⸣ ša₂ {1}ku-⸢ri⸣-[gal-zu o] | |
| 11' | ⸢ul-te-bi⸣-[lu] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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