CT 54, 410 (P240360)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 410 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240360 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Na[bû-šumu-lišir]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! Sa[y to the king, my lord]: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | of/what ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I have writte[n ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | goes [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | and place [...] over [...], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | until [...] we write [...]! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [If] it is agreea[ble to the king], my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | which in their hands [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [of] the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [11:15] r 12'12'– | and if it is agreeable to [the king, my lord], let one of the king's eunuchs make [him] attain [...]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 15r.e. 15–r.e. 15r.e. 15 | May the kin[g, my lord], do as he wish[es]! |
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] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}⸢AG⸣—[MU—SI.SA₂] | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šul-⸢mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | um-⸢ma⸣-[a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 5 | an-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢du⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | al-ta-[par x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | il-lak [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u₂-⸢x-x⸣-šid [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ ina UGU-[hi x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | šu-kun a-di [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ni-šap-pa-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia mah-[ru x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša₂ ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | u₃ ⸢ki⸣-i pa-⸢an⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia mah-ru] | |
| 13' | 01-en {⸢lu₂}SAG⸣ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14' | lu-⸢šak-ši-id⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | a-ki ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-a i-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 16 | li-⸢pu⸣-[uš] | |
Sources & licences
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