CT 54, 186 (P238660)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238660 |
| 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 [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] ... [to/with/against] us |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... agai]nst the Assyrian(s) |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] he hears. Concerning [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... the ...]s of Marduk-šarru-uṣur [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] he sent (word) and took away [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] ... the land Irreja |
| Obverse [8:12] 9'9'– | [... who] were brought to me, whose names I wrote down and (whom) I sent to [the vizier], my lord, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] they are [...], and he is held before him. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [(I swear) by the gods] of the vizier, my lord, that before [...] brought peace to me, for three years [...] I was mute and [did not write] to the king, my lord. [Now] I have [written] to the vizier, my lord. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [Perhaps the k]ing, my lord, will say: "[...] that these people |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... Marduk-šarru-u]ṣur in reports |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] soldiers of the king, my lord |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x]-hi-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x x a]-na UGU {lu₂}aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki}MEŠ x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x i]-šem-me aš₂-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN—ŠEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ram-ma i-bu-ku ⸢x⸣ e [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣-us-sa {kur}i-ri-ʾa | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢na⸣-ša₂-ni MU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu aš₂-ṭu-ru-ma | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | [a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL] be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-še-bi-la | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] šu₂-nu-ma ina pa-ni-šu₂ ik-kal-li | |
| 2 | [DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂ ki-i la—pa-an | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ša₂-as-lim-an-ni 03 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [x x x la] as-ku-tu-ma a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | [x x aš₂-pu-ru] ⸢en⸣-na a-du-u₂ a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-[ia₂] | |
| 6 | [al-tap-ra min₃-de-e-ma] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-a i-qab-bu um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-tu | |
| 8 | [x x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN]-⸢ŠEŠ⸣ ina ṭe₃-man-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x] ERIM-MEŠ ⸢ša₂ LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
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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