CT 54, 103 (P385923)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P385923 |
| 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-ibni. May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | After [...] had been mobilized and we had thrown (ourselves) against [..., ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] will come and [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | and [...] every [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Merodach-Ba[ladan ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | to crus[h ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | in accordance with the wi[sh ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | the hem [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | and [NN...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | the stone for [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] will hear [...; may I see] a reply [to my] letter! |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [After we] had unbound [the ...] of Merodach-Baladan, we sent him [to ...]. |
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}EN—ib-ni] | |
| 3 | {d}PA u₃ {[d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 4 | ul-tu [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | id-ku-ma [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na tar-ṣi [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | nid-du-u₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | il-la-⸢kam₂-ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | u₃ mim-ma [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DUMU.[UŠ—SUM-na x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na šup-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ki-i lib-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | sik-sis-ti [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | u₃ {1}{d}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | NA₄ a-na [x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x] i-šem-⸢mu⸣-u₂ GABA.RI ⸢ši-pir-ti⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—MU ki-i ni-ip-⸢ṭur⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x] ni-il-tap-raš-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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