CT 54, 170 (P238595)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238595 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. [May] Bel, Nabû and Šamaš [bless] the king, [my] l[ord]! |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | (As) [I have] already once or twice [written] to the king, my lord, the men who [...] from [...], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | their statement in Assyria [......] in Elam. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Ina-tešî-[eṭir ...] has been arrested. Nabû-naṣir, the pre[late ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Let him deliver [...] to us. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Let the archers assemble on the [...th] and take the oath [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] Ina-tešî-eṭir [...] |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'– | [...]. Also, did he not speak with the king [...], saying: "He is of [...]?" |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 99–r.e. 99 | Let them interrogate him and [...] let the king establish the truth. |
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 KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—⸢u₂-še⸣-[zib] | |
| 2 | {d}EN {d}AG u {d}UTU a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3 | 01-šu₂ 02-šu₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [al-tap-ra] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ ul-tu be-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | pi-i-šu₂-nu ina KUR—aš-šur{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 6 | ina {kur}NIM.MA{ki} {1}ina—SUH₃—[SUR x x x] | |
| 7 | ṣa-bit {1}{d}AG—ŠEŠ-ir {lu₂}ŠA₃.⸢TAM⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x] a-na 02 [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x qa-ti-ni⸣ lid-din ⸢UD⸣ [x-KAM₂] | |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂⸣}{giš}⸢BAN⸣-MEŠ li-ip-hu-⸢ru⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x li-it-mu-u₂ ša₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}ina—SUH₃—SUR it-⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x-i-hi u šu-u₂ la⸣ [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | ⸢it⸣-ti LUGAL id-bu-bu um-ma ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 9 | šu-u₂ lu-sa-an-ni-qu-šu-⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | kit-ti LUGAL liš-kun | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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