CT 54, 258 (P239192)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239192 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant] Bel-ušezib. May [Bel, Nabû and Šamaš] bless [the king, m]y [lord]! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [On the xth Perseus] approached the moon. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [If Perseus comes close to the top of the moon and stands there]: [the king] will go in triumph. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] his land will become extended. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... s]tand [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] will release and [...] some[body] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] Sin-eriba |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] of Iddin-ahi, the criminal |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] and [wrote] to the king about him |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] saw and somebody |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] he intends to |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] the king [...] not his sign |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] goes [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] chose his [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Let the lord of kings su]mmon him |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [......] to Ṣillaya |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [......] It should be known [to the king, my lord]. |
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 KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-zib | |
| 2 | {[d}EN {d}AG u {d}UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ lik-ru-bu | |
| 3 | [x x x UD x-KAM₂ {mul}ŠU.GI a-na {d]}30 TE-hi | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}ŠU.GI ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma GUB] LUGAL ina li-it-ti DU-ak | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR-su DAGAL-eš | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ uk-tap-pat | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢AN⸣ hur | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ṣu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x 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 u₂]-⸢šu⸣-uz-⸢zu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x] u₂-maš-ša₂-⸢ram-ma mam⸣-[ma] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ma {1}{d}30—eri-ba | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ša₂ {1}SUM-na—ŠEŠ EN—hi-ṭu EN—hi-ṭu | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-bi u₃ a-na LUGAL ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x] i-mur-u₂-ma mam-ma | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-na-an-ni pa-ni-šu₂ a-na | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-su LUGAL la it-ta-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x] il-lak | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ it-⸢ta-saq⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SAG⸣-su li-iš-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x a]-na {1}ṣil-la-a | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x a-na LUGAL EN-ia] lu-u₂ ⸢me-di⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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