CTN 5, ND 2356 (P224386)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2356 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224386 |
| Museum no. | IM 064007 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa19 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [The kin]g's [word to] Aššur-belu-taqq[in]: |
| Obverse [2:12] o 33–o 1212 | The specialists of the Palace, whether Assyrian or Aramean, who have come to your land to revive it - send your messengers to the whole district, gather them all wherever they are and send them to me! |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313– | Entrust them to [c]avalry and the Itu'u, [wh]o will make them pass through Dur-Bel-ila'i to me. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Do [y]ou know that [the days] for imposing the [i]škāru dues have [a]rrived? |
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-bat] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | [a-na] {1}aš-šur⸣—EN—⸢LAL₂⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}um-ma-nu ša E₂.GAL | |
| 4 | lu-u {lu₂v}aš-⸢šur-a⸣.a | |
| 5 | lu-u {⸢lu₂v}ar-ma⸣-a.a | |
| 6 | ša a-na KUR TI.LA | |
| 7 | a-na KUR-ka il-li-ku-ni-ni | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-ni-ka {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-ni-ka | |
| 9 | ina na-gi-u ⸢gab⸣-bu | |
| 10 | ši-tap-par be₂-et ša₂-nu-u-ni | |
| 11 | gab-bi-šu₂-nu ⸢pah⸣-hi-ra | |
| 12 | ina UGU-hi-ia₂ še-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | ⸢BAD⸣-HAL-lum {lu₂v}i-tu₂-ʾu | |
| 14 | ⸢i⸣-si-šu₂-nu pi-qid | |
| 15 | ⸢ša {uru}BAD₃⸣—{1}EN—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 16 | [u₂]-še-ta-qu-ni-ša₂-nu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢at-ta tu⸣-u-da-⸢a⸣ | |
| 2 | [UD-MEŠ] ša ⸢EŠ₂⸣.QAR e-ma-du | |
| 3 | ⸢e⸣-tar-ba-a-ni | |
Sources & licences
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