CT 54, 215 (P238839)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 215 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238839 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] Bit-Dakuri ...[......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... say]ing: "[Beg] the ki[n]g of Assyria for he[lp ...]" |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] When they lifted their hands to the king, our lord, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [h]e [s]tood [...]. Fighting equipment and any [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [he ...] them, [...] in boats into the mars[h]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | When the ki[n]g sent [the ...] and the prefects, we [rejoiced] greatly. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | One by one we ma[de] Nabû and Na[n]aya [go out] at the name of the king, our lord. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | We send [...], (and) [...] every day any news or word [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | When [Š]umaya, Nenê's son, put Ana-N[abû-taklak ...], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] to Babylon |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [......] he spoke [with] him, saying: "If [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...... fr]om Nabû not [...] |
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] ⸢E₂—{1}da-ku-ru ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x um]-ma ŠU.2-ku-nu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki} x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ qa-su-nu a-na LUGAL EN-⸢i⸣-ni ki-i id-ku-⸢u₂ x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢it⸣-ta-ziz sim-man-u₂ ša₂ ⸢ṣal⸣-ti u₃ mim-mu ṣi-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu i-na ŠA₃-bi {giš}MA₂-MEŠ a-na ŠA₃-bi ap-pa-⸢ri⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-su u {lu₂}šak-nu-tu ⸢LUGAL⸣ ki-i iš-pur ma-aʾ-diš ni-[x x] | |
| 7' | [ia]-⸢mut⸣-ti {d}AG u {d}na-⸢na⸣-a a-na MU ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL EN-i-ni nu-⸢še⸣-[ṣi] | |
| 8' | [x x]-⸢nu⸣ ni-šap-par UD-mu-⸢us-su⸣ mim-mu ṭe₃-e-mu u ⸢a⸣-mat [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x {1}⸢šu⸣-ma-a ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {1}ne₂-ne₂-e {1}ana—{d}⸢AG⸣—[tak-lak] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣ ki-i iš-kun ⸢a⸣-na TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ id-di-bu-ub um-⸢ma⸣ ki-⸢i⸣ [x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x ul]-⸢tu pa-ni⸣ {d}AG ul u₂-[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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