CT 54, 393 (P239468)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239468 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: [your] ser[vant Aqar-Bel-lumur]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! Say to the ki[ng, my lord]: the fortr[ess and the troops of the king], my lord, are well. The king, [my lord, can be glad]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Concerning the news of the son of [Yakin: he is in Babylon]. His wife has die[d. ...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | I have written to the governor, (but) I did not put [...] to [...] until [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | I am now writing to the king, my lord: [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | of Nergal-naṣir and [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | When they cam[e ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | in Babylon, in Cutha [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | in cities under the command of [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | his house under [ ...] |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | As to what the king, my lord, [wrote]: "[...] 1,000 peop[le ... which] you sent here [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] sa[ys ...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] ... and [...] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [of the king, m]y lord, [...] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [...] pleasantly [...] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [...] are suitable [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | [...] the Ba[by]lonians [...] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | [...] came [...] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | [... I wi]ll do. The king, [my] lo[rd, ...] |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | [...] their [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] he put before me [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [...] The king, my lord, conq[uered] this land and saved [...]. I said: "Let me [...] myself |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] I shall bring back and only by myself [...]." |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Has [...] mobilized my own [...]? |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Per[haps the ...s] will say: "There is [...] in the house of his lord [...]" — |
| Reverse [7:16] r 88–r 1616 | My [...], my people, my wives, [my] son[s], my daughters, whatever property of mine there was [that I had acquired with] my work under the protection of the king, my lord, were [plund]ered, ruined and sold to El[am and] Bit-Yakin. I myself did [flee] alone to [Assyria] and grabbed the feet of the king, my lord; and having been ready to die wi[th the men] of the king, my lord, under the protec[tion of] the gods of the king, I have fulfilled the mission that [the king] gave me, and the king, my lord, has put the plant [of life] in my mouth. |
| Reverse [16:25] r 1717–r 2525 | If he says a [frien]dly word [to] me, and secondly [tells me]: "You are saying: 'The men who [are ...], should not giv[e ...] like me [...]'" — they are like me; the king, my lord, [knows that] I am a servant of the king who eve[r] since [...] up until now has been ready to die and live with the me[n of the king], my lord. And the kin[g, my lord], has done favours [to] all [...]. |
| Reverse [25:27] r 2626–r 2727 | Ever since the day when [...] the word [...], I have been very afrai[d ...] |
| Reverse [27:28] r 2828–r 2828 | Words [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [28:29] r 2929–r 2929 | to [......] |
| Reverse [29:30] r 3030–r 3030 | there[in ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] ... I have sent their people to the vizier. |
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 be-li₂-ia ⸢ARAD⸣-[ka {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu-mur] | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 4 | šu-lum a-na {uru}HAL.⸢ṢU⸣-[MEŠ u e-mu-qi₂ ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 5 | be-li₂-ia ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL [be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA] | |
| 6 | aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-em ša₂ DUMU—{1}[ia-GIN ina TIN.TIR{ki} šu-u₂] | |
| 7 | DAM-su mi-ta-⸢at⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM al-[ta-par x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ul aš₂-kun a-di a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia al-[ta-par x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—ŠEŠ-ir u₃ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ki-i il-li-ku-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ina TIN.TIR{ki} ina GU₂.DU₈.A [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃-bi URU-MEŠ ša₂ pi-i [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢E₂⸣-su a-na šu-pa-⸢li⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢ina UGU⸣ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a [iš-pu-ra um-ma] | |
| 17 | ⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣-ti 01 lim ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [ša₂] tu-še-bi-la [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x]-u₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x] ⸢i-qab⸣-[bi x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x]-nu-ma [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | [LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | [i]-⸢na⸣ ṭu-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | [x x x] na-ṭu-u₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 26 | [x x] {lu₂}⸢TIN⸣.[TIR]{⸢ki}MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | [x x]-⸢ni⸣ it-⸢tal-ka⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | [lu]-⸢pu⸣-uš LUGAL be-[li₂-a x x x x x x x] | |
| 29 | [x]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 30 | [x x]-ma [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 31 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la—pa-ni-ia il-ta-[kan x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR an-ni-it LUGAL be-li₂-a ik-⸢ta⸣-[šad-ma] | |
| 3 | [x x ul]-te-zib um-ma ram-na-a lu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] u₂-tar-ma it-ti ram-ni-ia [x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ram-na-a-a id-ki-ma min₃-⸢de⸣-[e-ma] | |
| 6 | [x x x]-ta-ku i-qab-bu-u₂ um-ma [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina E₂—be-li₂-šu₂ E₂—be-li₂-šu₂ i-ba-aš₂-⸢ši⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x-MEŠ]-ia₂ UN-MEŠ-ia DAM-MEŠ-ia₂ DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ia] | |
| 9 | [DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ]-ia mim-mu-u₂-a ma-la ba-šu-[u₂] | |
| 10 | [ša₂] ⸢dul⸣-lu-u₂-a ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [aq-nu-u₂] | |
| 11 | [hab]-⸢tu⸣-ma hu-uṭ-ṭu-ma a-na {kur}⸢NIM⸣.[MA{ki} u₃] | |
| 12 | ⸢E₂⸣—{1}ia-GIN na-ad-nu e-du-ti ⸢ina⸣ [KUR—aš-šur{ki} x x x] | |
| 13 | še-pit LUGAL be-li₂-ia aṣ-ba-tu-ma it-[ti ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-mu-tu-ma ina GIŠ.⸢MI⸣ [ša₂] | |
| 15 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia na-aš₂-par-tu [ša₂ LUGAL ki-i] | |
| 16 | u₂-⸢šal⸣-li-mu-ma LUGAL be-li₂-a U₂-HI.⸢A⸣ [ba-la-ṭi] | |
| 17 | a-na pi-ia iš-ku-nu ki-i a-mat ⸢bab⸣-[ba-ni-ti a-na] | |
| 18 | ia-a-ši i-qab-ba-a u₃ ša₂-ni-tu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 19 | um-ma ta-qab-ba um-ma ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ it-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 20 | a-ki-i ia-a-ši la i-nam-⸢di⸣-[nu x x x x] | |
| 21 | šu₂-nu ki-i ia-a-ši LUGAL be-li₂ i-[di ki-i] | |
| 22 | a-na-ku ARAD ša₂ LUGAL ša₂ ul-tu pa-[an x x x x x] | |
| 23 | a-di UGU en-na it-ti ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 24 | be-li₂-ia a-mu-tu₂ u ab-lu-ṭu u ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 25 | gab-bi MUN-HI.A i-pu-ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 26 | ul-tu UGU UD-me ša₂ a-mat [x x x x] | |
| 27 | ma-aʾ-diš ⸢ap⸣-ta-⸢lah₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 28 | dib-bi [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 29 | a-na ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 30 | ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bi x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 31 | a-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 32 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 33 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 34 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x]-nu UN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL ul-te-bil | |
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