CT 54, 245 (P239176)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239176 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To [the king ..., my lord]: yo[ur] servant, [NN. May] Marduk [and ... be concerned with] the health o[f the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The clot[hing ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | to Baby[lon ...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | to [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the commandant [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | has giv[en ......], |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | saying: "When [...] c[ame ......], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | he sett[led in ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | to Ma[rduk-... ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | as the ci[ty ......] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | from the control of the ki[ng ...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 10r.e. 10–r.e. 10r.e. 10 | her[e ...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1111–r.e. 1111 | in the for[t ...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1212–r.e. 1212 | the inhabitants [...] |
| Right [3:4] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | and [......] |
| Right [4:6] r.e. 1414– | I have ea[ten] [veg]etables [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...... which] I [s]ent, may the king identify [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] came. The governor |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [(and) ...] hate me; |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | [...] says [...]. They fire off oppression [......]. |
| Edge [4:5] e. 55–e. 55 | The king must not [forsake me]. |
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 | a-na [LUGAL x x x be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {d}AMAR.UTU [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | šul-mu ⸢ša₂⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia₂ liš-ʾa-a-lu] | |
| 5 | {tug₂}lu-bu-[uš-ti x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} x x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-na [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {lu₂}⸢ha⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | it-ta-⸢din⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | um-ma ⸢a-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ki-i il-[li-ka x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢it⸣-ta-⸢šab⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢a-na⸣ {1}{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU—x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢a-ki⸣-i {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | la—⸢ŠU.2 LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | ⸢a-na⸣ a-kan-[na x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ina {<<uru>>}bir-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | a-ši-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢u₃⸣ i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢ar₂⸣-qa a-⸢tak⸣-[lu x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢aš₂⸣-pu-ra LUGAL lu-u₂-mas-si | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-li-ka {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-ze-ru-in-nu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-qab-bi tu-uk-ku | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-na-su-ku LUGAL la | |
| 6 | [u₂-maš-šar-an-ni] | |
Sources & licences
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