CT 54, 442 (P240182)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 442 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240182 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-i]bni. [I would gladly] die for [the king, my lord]! May [Na]bû and Marduk [bless] the king, [my lord]! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | I [am hereby] sending [my tablet to greet the ki]ng, my lord. [The land, the arm]y and the servants of the king are well. [The guard of the king], my lord, is [ver]y strong. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [News of Merodach]-Baladan: he is in Babylon. [...] will not overthrow him but [...]. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | [Per]haps the Babylonians [will say in the presence of the king]: "We [shall ...]" — [the king, my lord, should not] trust them. [He and the Babylo]nians [are] of one ac[cord]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] they will plunder [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the second [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] they will enter [their] own houses and |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... f]or a present to Ištar-in-[...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... in] accordance with what the king sent with my father |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... in the mid]st of the porch |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... hav]ing seized [..., ...] in the house of staffs |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] property of your lord |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] why |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] will he do to me |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'– | [...] hands of the enemy |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 13r.e. 13–r.e. 13r.e. 13 | [...] ... he is detested because of this [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1414–r.e. 1414 | [...] happened, they fle[d ...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1515–r.e. 1515 | [... I dai]ly [bless] 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 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN]—⸢ib⸣-ni a-na di-na-⸢an⸣ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL be-li₂-ia lul-lik d].⸢AG⸣ u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 3 | [be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu um]-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 4 | [ṭup-pi a-na šul-mi] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 5 | [a-na KUR e-mu]-⸢qi₂⸣ u ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL šul-mu | |
| 6 | [EN.NUN ša₂ LUGAL ma-aʾ]-da dan-na-at | |
| 7 | [ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A]—SUM ina TIN.TIR{ki} šu₂-u₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ul i-sa-kip-šu₂-ma | |
| 9 | [x x x x x min₃]-⸢de⸣-e-ma {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ | |
| 10 | [ina pa-an LUGAL i-qab-bu-u₂] ⸢um⸣-ma ni-i-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x LUGAL be-li₂-a la] i-qa-ap-šu₂-nu-⸢tim⸣-[ma] | |
| 12 | [šu-u₂ u₃ {lu₂}TIN.TIR]{⸢ki⸣}MEŠ ki-i 01-en ⸢pi⸣-[i] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x]-a-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] i-šal-la-lu [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ša₂-ni-ti {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] a-na E₂ ra-ma-[ni-šu₂-nu i-ru]-⸢bu-ma⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-ma-kan-ni a-na pa-an {1}{⸢d}INNIN⸣—in-[x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x a]-⸢ki⸣ ša₂ LUGAL it-ti AD-ia iš-pu-ra | |
| 7' | [x x x x i-na ŠA₃]-bi {e₂}a-su-up-pi | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x ki]-i iṣ-ba-tu ina E₂—PA-MEŠ E₂—PA-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x] mim-mu-u₂ ša₂ EN-ka | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x iq-ba]-a mi-nam-ma | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ip⸣-pu-ša₂-an-ni | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ŠU.2 {lu₂}EN—KUR₂ {lu₂}EN—KUR₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ al-la a-ga-a bi-iš [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] i-ba-aš₂-ši ih-⸢tal⸣-[qu] | |
| 15 | [x x x UD-mu]-⸢us⸣-su LUGAL be-li₂-a [a-kar-rab] | |
Sources & licences
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