CT 54, 305 (P239348)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 305 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239348 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant Aqar-Bel-l]umur. [May the ki]ng, my lord, (be) well! [Say to the king, m]y [lord: The fort]ress and [the troops of the king are well. The mood] of the people of the land [is good. The king], my [lord can be glad! |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Concerning the news] of the son of Yakin: [he is in Babylon]. My [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] ... of the king [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [......] you go [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [......] ali[ve ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [......] the nešakku-priest [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [......] have attacked [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [......] to put down [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...... t]o Badâ [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | [...... the]re are [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] of the king [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] my [...] t[o ...] |
| Reverse [6:12] r 7'7'–r 12'12' | [...] are/were many. (I swear) by the gods [of the king, my lord], that even before the king, [my] lord wrote [...], I [...] as much as a cohort. And I will seize all the men who are [... dev]oted to him with the men [of NN] and hand them over to the king. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] He is not guilty of anything. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] This [...] great crime |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [......] Hananu |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [......] has done |
| Reverse [16:19] r 17'17'– | When [...] he raised for me untruthfulness, [... I ...ed] to the king, my lord. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | [......] to ... |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2020–r.e. 2020 | May he carry [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}KAL—{d}EN]—⸢lu⸣-mur | |
| 3 | [lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | [um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia]-a-ma | |
| 5 | [šu-lum a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ u₃ | |
| 6 | [e-mu-qi₂ ša₂ LUGAL ṭe₃-em] ša₂ UN-MEŠ KUR | |
| 7 | [šu-lum ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂]-ia | |
| 8 | [lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em] ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 9 | [i-na TIN.TIR{ki} šu₂-u₂ x x]+⸢x⸣-ka-tu-a | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]-na ša₂ LUGAL [x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x]-ru-tu [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x] tal-lak [x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x]-x-a ina ba-la-[ṭi x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ne₂-šak-ki [x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-tah-ṭu [x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ga⸣ a-na na-de-e [x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ {1}ba-da-a [x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x i-ba]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ul x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-ni-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] tu [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]-ia a-⸢na x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-aʾ-da DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8' | [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia] ⸢ki⸣-i a-di la LUGAL be-li₂-[a] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x il]-⸢tap⸣-ra a-na-ku [ma]-la ki-iṣ-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-a-šu₂ u₃ ERIM-MEŠ ma-la | |
| 11' | [ba-šu₂-u₂ a-na UGU]-hi-šu₂ am-ru ⸢it⸣-ti ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x] a-ṣab-bat-ma a-na LUGAL a-nam-din | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]-su-ma hi-ṭu-šu₂ ia-aʾ-nu | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] a-⸢ga⸣-a hi-ṭu ra-bu-u₂ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]-hu-u₂ {1}ha-na-nu | |
| 16' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]-a-šu₂ i-te-pu-uš | |
| 17' | [x x x x]-ia [x x x] la kit-ta ki-i | |
| 18' | [x x x x iz]-qu-pan-ni a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | [x x x x x x] a-na <$x x$> | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-hu liš-ši | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
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