CT 54, 433 (P240444)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 433 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240444 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Since Tebet (X), when the official in charge of the regular sheep offering ca[me], until Nisan (I): |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | May my [...]s hear that (for) 8 day[s], half a 'litre' of bread was the food allowance for the deaf. Aft[er] I spoke up, they [...ed] the bread. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | I uttered an appeal to the king concerning the [...]deans and [...], and [brought in] witnesses [... co]ncerning [...], saying: "An appeal to the king concerning the chief eunuch |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] bread ...[... T]iranu the cohort commander |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] ... bread from the temple |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [......] the de[af ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] you [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] If not, [...] for my hunger." |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Four times we ope[ned] the sealed storeroom of the chamberlain for my hunger, twice we ... bread. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I secretly seized witnesses ... of the gate. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'– | Afterwards, when they died of hunger, |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | I (said, with) my [fists] open: "Whoever the kin[g ...] |
| Right [1:4] r.e. 1010– | the lord knows [......], eats ... I have not seen anything at [all], except ... [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [.....] I have not guarded |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [..... an]ybody |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [.....] has [n]ot appointed |
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 | ul-tu {iti}AB ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—{⸢udu}da-ri-a {lu₂}GAL—{⸢udu}da-ri-a il⸣-[li-ka] | |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-di ŠA₃-bi {iti}BARAG ⸢x x⸣-ia₂ liš-mu-u ki-⸢i 08 UD⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [o] 1:2 qa NINDA-HI.A u₂-⸢kul-lu⸣ a-na {lu₂}⸢PI.2.<LA₂>-MEŠ ⸢ul-tu⸣ [E₂] | |
| 4 | ⸢aq⸣-qa-bu-u₂ NINDA-HI.A it-⸢x x x x⸣-šu₂ a-mat LUGAL a-na ⸢UGU⸣-hi | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂}x-x⸣-da-a.a u UGU ⸢x x x⸣ a aq-ta-⸢ba⸣ u {lu₂}mu-ki-ne₂-e | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢UGU⸣-hi ⸢da x x ud⸣ um-ma a-mat LUGAL UGU-hi {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [x x x x]+⸢x NINDA-HI.A bal x {1}tir-a-nu {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-ki-šum-ma NINDA-HI.A ul-⸢tu E₂.KUR⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]-la {lu₂}⸢PI⸣.2.LA₂-MEŠ x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢x x u₂-ša₂-an-x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x-i⸣ at-tu-nu UGU ⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ ki ⸢ia⸣-a-nu-u₂ ana bu-bu-ti-⸢ia⸣ [x] | |
| 5' | ⸢E₂⸣—{na₄}KIŠIB ⸢E₂⸣—{na₄}KIŠIB ša₂—UGU-hi—E₂-a-na a-di 04-šu₂ | |
| 6' | ana bu-bu-ti-ia ⸢ni-x⸣ 04 01 03 02-šu₂ NINDA-HI.A ⸢nu-ka-al⸣ | |
| 7' | a-na-ku pa-⸢ši-ru x⸣ ša₂ KA₂ {lu₂}mu-ki-ne₂-e | |
| 8' | aṣ-bat šu₂-nu ar₂-ki-šu₂ ina bu-bu-tu ki-⸢i UŠ₂⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | ⸢x⸣-a pe-ti-ti um-ma mam₂-ma ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢EN⸣ i-du ana am-ma-ni KU₂-MEŠ mim-ma ⸢MU⸣-[šu₂ o] | |
| 11 | ul a-mur a-la GIŠ ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] la aṣ-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x a].a-um-ma | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ ip-qid | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x] ma x x ⸢x x⸣ | |
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