CT 54, 251 (P239161)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239161 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Tab]let of Nabû-bel-šumate [and NN] to the king, their lord. Good he[alth to the king, our lord]! |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The king, our lord, has done us a favour good deeds that not (even) a father [has done] to his son [...]: you have made us ent[er your entourage]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | When the land [...] heard about [this favour] that you did to us, [it blessed] the king, [our lor]d. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Now then, the men [...] who are with Ana-Nabû-ta[klak ...]. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | He knows their news. The land [...] |
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 | [ṭup]-pi {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ ⸢u₃⸣ {1}x+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂-nu lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ni] | |
| 3 | ⸢MUN⸣ ša₂ AD a-na DUMU la i-pu-šu [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-a-ni i-tep-ša₂-an-ni a-na E₂—AD-⸢ka⸣ E₂—AD-⸢ka⸣ [(x x)] | |
| 5 | tu-ul-te-rib-an-na-ši u₃ {1}GIN-ni [MUN a-ga-a] | |
| 6 | ša₂ te-pu-ša₂-an-na-ši KUR.KUR gab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | ki-i iš-mu-u₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a-ni it-ta-[x-x] | |
| 8 | en-na a-du-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša₂ it-ti {1}a-na—{d}AG—⸢tak⸣-lak x [x x x x] | |
| 10 | ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu i-di {kur}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢šu⸣-[x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ši-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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