CT 54, 326 (P238665)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238665 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [Your servant Ar]ad-Ea: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of the lands, [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless Sargon, the king of the lands! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [May the] ... of Balassu grow up in the care of [...] the temple of the holy city for the well-being of the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [I he]ard from the king, my lord's mouth: "Rejoice!" |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] the lord of the ...[...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [... a p]auper of the city |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] you may rejoice |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [... of the king], our lord, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] your [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] as |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] your [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... he] has freed us |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] heard |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] he has slain him |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] are surrounding him |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... h]e is |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [...] s[a]id |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... Nabû-šar]-ahhešu |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [... Mar]duk-aha-eriba |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [... wh]ich for Merodach-Baladan |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] ... the rearguard |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...]... my heart |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] whatever |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717– | [...] are reliable |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢ARAD⸣—{d}E₂.A | |
| 2 | [a-na di]-⸢na⸣-an LUGAL—GIN LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 3 | [be-li₂-ia] ⸢lul⸣-lik {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣—GIN LUGAL KUR.KUR lik-bu-ra | |
| 5 | [um]-⸢ma⸣-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-na-ni-i ša₂ {1}ba-laṭ-su ina pa-an | |
| 7 | [x x] E₂ ša₂ ma-ha-zu a-na šul-mu LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 8 | [li]-ir-bi i-na pi-i LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | [al]-⸢te⸣-mu um-ma lu-u₂ ⸢ha-ma-tu-nu⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x] EN za-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}MAŠ.EN.GAG URU | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x lu]-u₂ ha-ma-tu-nu | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ku-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ki-i | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-gu-nu | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢uz⸣-zak-ka-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x] iš-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢in⸣-da-ha-su | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x i]-lam-mu-ni-iš | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢šu₂⸣-u₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢iq-bu⸣-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ki | |
| 11 | [x x x x x {1}{d}AG—LUGAL]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x {1}{d}AMAR].UTU—ŠEŠ—SU | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—IBILA—MU | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-i-ki zib-bi-ti | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠA₃-ba-a | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ma-la | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ki-nu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ uš ad ga šim a a | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-qa | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢du⸣-u₂ | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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