CT 54, 493 (P336157)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 493 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336157 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [T]o the king, the saviour of Assyria, [the ki]ng of the universe, the king of the lands, my lord: your [ser]vant, Naram-Sin. May Ninurta and Nusku bless [the lo]rd of kings, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] Sasiya, the governor |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] have neglected |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... A]ššur-bahianni, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [the gover]nor of Bit-Zamani |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] to post a [garr]ison |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...-ušal]lim, my father's brother, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] drunks |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | [...] they [...] and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... the Gam]buleans |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] Now then |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | I have built here [a ... w]ith [the Gambu]leans. |
| Reverse [12:18] r 1313– | I am a dog who reveres [the kin]g, my [lo]rd. I have [wr]itten to the king, my lord. May [the king], my [lo]rd, do as he deems best. |
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 KAR KUR—AŠ | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ kiš-šat LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}na-ram—{d}30 | |
| 4 | {⸢d⸣}MAŠ u {d}PA.TUG₂ | |
| 5 | [a-na] ⸢EN⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | [x x]-⸢tu⸣ {1}sa-si-ia {⸢lu₂}EN.NAM⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x]-tar-bi il-⸢ta-aʾ⸣-ṭu | |
| 8 | [x {1}⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂—ba-hi-⸢an-ni⸣ | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}EN].NAM ša₂ {uru}E₂—za-am-ma-nu | |
| 10 | [x x x] sa-na-qu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x EN].NUN šu-lu-u₂ | |
| 12 | {1}x x]—⸢GI⸣ ŠEŠ—AD-ia ŠEŠ—AD-ia | |
| 13 | [x x x]+⸢x šak⸣-ra-nu-tu₂ | |
| 14 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-⸢nim-ma⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-du-u₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x {lu₂}gam]-bu-la-a.a | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣ {[lu₂}gam-bu]-la-a.a | |
| 12 | [a]-na a-⸢kan-na ab-ta⸣-ni | |
| 13 | [o] ⸢a⸣-na-ku kal-bi pa-li-hi | |
| 14 | [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | [o] ⸢al⸣-tap-ra | |
| 16 | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-a a-ki | |
| 17 | [ša₂ i]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 18 | [o] ⸢li⸣-pu-uš | |
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