CT 54, 198 (P238676)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238676 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] concerning oxen and rams |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] Nabû-ahhe-šullim |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] established [oxe]n (and) rams for Nergal. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | [Since the ki]ng, my lord, has from the beginning maintained his gods, the chief tailor blocked [...] the breached city wall [with bitu]men and sweet-scented oil, (and) the chief tailor spoke [to N]ergal, saying: "You should not bla[me A]ssyria for this crime. Blame Šamaš-šumu-ukin, [who] committed this [crime]!" |
| Obverse [11:19] o 12'12'– | [The day that] he brought the [se]aled document of the king, my lord, [...] informers and [.....], we, [who were but dea]d [dogs, ...] said to one another: "[F]rom this day we are alive." |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [.......], when the gods entered [Cutha], the sky [...] at an inappropriate time. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [...] shed blood. The blood of our brothers [filled ... and] the cella of Nergal to the brim. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] he has carried away |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] he has thrown it |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [...... a body]guard to the Arameans |
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 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 aš₂-šu₂ GUD⸣-MEŠ u₃ UDU.NITA₂-ME | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x-ni-nu⸣ {1}{⸢d}AG⸣—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—šul-lim | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x GUD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ UDU.⸢NITA₂⸣-MEŠ a-na {d}U.GUR uk-tin | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-a ⸢re⸣-eš-⸢su⸣ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ i-na-aš₂-šu-u₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ BAD₃ nu-⸢uk⸣-ku-su {lu₂}GAL—ka-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ka-ṣir | |
| 8' | [ina ŠA₃ it]-⸢te⸣-e u ⸢I₃—DUG₃⸣.GA ⸢I₃—DUG₃⸣.GA up-te-eh-hi {lu₂}GAL—ka-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ka-ṣir | |
| 9' | [a-na {d]}U.GUR iq-ta-bi um-ma hi-ṭu a-ga-a | |
| 10' | [ina ŠU.2 ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{ki} ⸢la⸣ tu-ba-ʾa ina ŠU.2 {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 11' | [ša₂ hi-ṭu] ⸢a⸣-ga-a i-pu-šu₂ bu-ʾi | |
| 12' | [UD-mu ša₂] ⸢un⸣-qu ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x x x x] ša₂—EME-MEŠ iš-ša₂-am-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x kal-ba-ni mi]-⸢tu⸣-tu a-ni-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u ⸢a-na⸣ a-ha-meš ⸢ni-iq-ta⸣-bi | |
| 3 | [um-ma] ⸢ul⸣-tu UGU UD-mu ⸢a-ga-a bal⸣-ṭa-a-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [ina GU₂.DU₈.A]{⸢ki⸣} ki-i ⸢i-ru-bu⸣ AN-⸢e⸣ ina ⸢la⸣ UD-mi-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢da-mu i-ta-bak da-mu ša₂ ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa-pa-⸢hi ša₂⸣ {d}U.⸢GUR a⸣-na ⸢ṣi-re⸣-e | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-⸢di⸣ it-ta-bal | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x{ki⸣} it-ta-di | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x {lu₂}qur]-⸢bu-tu⸣ a-na {lu₂}⸢a-ra⸣-mu | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
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