CT 54, 085 (P396013)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396013 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [Tablet of Bull]uṭu [to the viz]ier, his lord. May [Uru]k and Eanna bless [my lo]rd! |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | [Now] there are 20 defectors [wh]o have gone over to the side of the vizier, [my lord] — Aššur-belu-taqqin [should] bring them out. [Perhaps] my [lo]rd will say: "Who are th[es]e [me]n?" |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Nabû-ahhe-iddina [from] Bit-[Uqa]ta; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Ilu-bani, [a Ch]aldean; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Amel-Enlil, [a Hi]ndarean; |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | Il-palṭi, [a Hi]ndarean; |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...-il]u, your messenger, [...]; |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616– | Marduk-šarru-uṣur, [a ...]mean; |
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 | [ṭup-pi {1}bul]-⸢lu⸣-ṭa | |
| 2 | [a-na {lu₂]}⸢SUKKAL⸣ be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [UNUG]{⸢ki⸣} u E₂.AN.NA{ki} | |
| 4 | [a-na] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | [a-du-u₂] 20 šu₂-nu ma-aq-tu-tu | |
| 6 | [ma-am]-ma a-na IGI {lu₂}SUKKAL | |
| 7 | [EN-ia₂ im]-⸢qu⸣-tu₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—EN—LAL | |
| 8 | [lu-še]-⸢ṣi⸣-šu-nu-tu | |
| 9 | [min₃-de-ma be]-li₂ i-qab-bi um-ma man-nu | |
| 10 | {[lu₂}ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-⸢nu⸣ {1}{d}PA—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢ša₂ E₂⸣—[u₂-qa]-⸢ta⸣ {1}DINGIR—ba-ni | |
| 12 | {[lu₂]}⸢kal⸣-da-a.a {1}LU₂—{d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 13 | {[lu₂}hi]-in-dar-a.a {1}DINGIR—pa-al-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| 14 | {[lu₂}hi]-in-dar-a.a | |
| 15 | [x x]-⸢lu⸣ {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-ka {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-ka | |
| 16 | [x x x] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—PAB | |
| 17 | [x x x]-ma-a-a | |
| 18 | [x x x x]-nik-⸢ka⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]-te | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]-a | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] a-na-ku | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣-šu₂ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
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
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