CT 54, 175 + 304 (P238645)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 175 + 304 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238645 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] the kin[g ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] to [...] |
| Obverse [3:17] o 4'4'– | their [cri]mes [have been forgiven] by the king. (As to) all [the |
| Reverse [3:16] r 44–r 1616 | [Those men] who in the beginning [came] from E[lam and] |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | May I see [just one s]ign from the king, and may we get |
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' | [x]-⸢i LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x]-su-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [hi]-⸢ṭu⸣-šu₂-nu LUGAL [u₂-zak-ki-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 5' | [kar]-⸢ṣi⸣-ia ma-⸢la⸣ [ina E₂.GAL in-nak-lu] | |
| 6' | [ša₂] iš-mu-u₂ mim-⸢mu⸣ [ina ŠA₃-bi ul ah-ṭu] | |
| 7' | [en]-na-a-ma lu-u₂ hi-[ṭu-u₂-a] | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢bu⸣-ta-a be-li₂ li-[iṣ-bat-ma] | |
| 9' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ lu-zak-ka-an-⸢ni⸣-[ma] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | ⸢lul⸣-li-kam₂-ma GIR₃.2 [ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 11' | ⸢u₃⸣ ša₂ EN-ia₂ lu-uš-⸢šiq⸣ | |
| 12' | [ARAD]-u₂-ti ša₂ LUGAL u₃ ša₂ [EN-ia₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu]-⸢pu⸣-uš u ina pa-an {d}EN {d}⸢AG⸣ | |
| 2 | [u₃] {d}zar-pa-ni-tum lu-u₂ ka-ri-[bu] | |
| 3 | [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ u₃ ša₂ be-li₂-ia a-na-[ku] | |
| 4 | [ERIM-MEŠ] ša₂ re-eš-su ul-tu {kur}[NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂⸣ kar-ṣi-ia a-na LUGAL ⸢i⸣-[ku-lu] | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢ia⸣-ma ul u₂-maš-šar ⸢i⸣-[na-an-na] | |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-i pi-i LUGAL la ⸢il⸣-[la-ku-ma] | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 LUGAL la u₂-šel-⸢lu⸣-[in-ni be-li₂] | |
| 9 | ⸢la⸣ i-hi-iṭ-[ṭe-e-ma] | |
| 10 | [dib-bi-ia ina] ⸢E₂.GAL la⸣ u₂-[ba-ʾa-aš₂] | |
| 11 | [ina] ⸢pi⸣-i LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [liq-qa-bi-ma] | |
| 12 | [ina] E₂.GAL ša₂ LUGAL la ⸢ad⸣-[dal-lah₃] | |
| 13 | [u LUGAL it-ti] ⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ li-im-na-an-⸢ni⸣-[ma] | |
| 14 | [i-da-ti ša₂ ARAD-u₂-ti] ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL ina UGU-hi-ia₂ tab-ba-⸢ši⸣-[ma] | |
| 15 | [i-na pa-an {lu₂]}⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki}MEŠ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-[a] | |
| 16 | [la aš₂-ša₂-ṭi]-⸢ma⸣ re-ši-ia la i-⸢šap⸣-[pi-la] | |
| 17 | 01-et i]-⸢da⸣-ti ša₂ LUGAL lu-⸢mur⸣-[ma] | |
| 18 | [a-na UGU-hi] ni-⸢ir-hu-uṣ⸣-[ma] | |
Sources & licences
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