CT 54, 241 (P239171)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239171 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [His son] did not as[cend] his father's throne [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] his words: "He was not captured. [NN] (and) his father's house [...]." |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [...] His son is now held as my hostage in my presence, [and] Balassu has died here. Would you [not] keep the guard of the house of [your] lo[rd], until I sen[d you] the son of your lord? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... as] they sent Hullî back and as they saw [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] in his land, the servants and the [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | were [...], until I [sent] the son of their lord [back to them]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] ... a word as follows: "Sh[e ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] his wife is here, and [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] you will guard. Here [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] After you [...] the city |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] ... the canals were not fu[ll ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] there is nothing o[n i]t. Yo[u ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] I myself [...] Balass[u ...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] Now that you yourselves [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] your [...]. As soon as the son of Y[akin ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] ..., the son of Yakin [...] |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'–o 23'23' | [...] to the son of Ya[kin ...] |
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 x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x {1}{d⸣}[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-dan-ni ⸢x x⸣ {kur}[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [DUMU-šu₂ ina] {giš}GU.ZA ša₂ AD-šu₂ ul u₂-[šib x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x] ⸢a⸣-mat-su um-ma ul ha-bit {1}{d}[x x]-⸢iq⸣-qa E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x] DUMU-šu₂ a-kan-na a-na {lu₂}maš-ka-nu-⸢ti⸣ i-na pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ [ka-li] | |
| 7' | [u₃] {1}ba-laṭ-su a-kan-na-ka mi-i-ti EN.NUN ša₂ E₂—⸢be⸣-[li-ku-nu] E₂—⸢be⸣-[li-ku-nu] | |
| 8' | [ul ta]-⸢na⸣-aṣ-ṣa-ra-a a-di E₂ DUMU be-li₂-ku-nu a-šap-pa-[ra-ku-nu-ši] | |
| 9' | [x x x] {1}hu-ul-li-i u₂-šah-hi-su-ma a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] i-na ⸢KUR⸣-šu₂ i-mu-ru {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]-⸢ru⸣-u₂ a-di E₂ ⸢a-na⸣-ku DUMU be-li₂-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [u₂-tir-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 12' | [x x x]-ti a-mat um-ma ši-[i x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x] DAM-su a-kan-na u₃ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x] ⸢ta⸣-na-aṣ-ṣa-ra a-kan-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x] ⸢ul⸣-tu at-tu-nu {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ ID₂-MEŠ la ma-⸢la⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x] ina ⸢UGU-hi⸣ ia-aʾ-ni at-⸢tu⸣-[nu x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x] x a-na-ku {1}ba-laṭ-⸢su⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x] ⸢en⸣-na ša₂ at-tu-nu ka-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x]-ti-ku-nu ki-i DUMU—{1}⸢ia⸣-[GIN x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-ka DUMU—{1}ia-GIN [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x] a-na DUMU—{1}ia-[GIN x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x 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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