CTN 5, ND 2360 (P224388)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2360 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224388 |
| Museum no. | IM 064009 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | they [c]all it [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | the son of Mukin-ze[ri ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | in the town of the Hag[aranu ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and the men [......] |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | departed from Hamete [...] and came to me. I left e[arly] (and) [...] t[hese] people [wh]o have been [d]eported [and live] in Borsippa [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | depor[ted] all of them. [The king] should know (this). |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | The Elamites killed their soldiers with the son of Mukin-zeri and deported them by force. They too went into exile. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 8'8'–r 11'11' | News of the Li'tamu: Ga'amanu, the son of the [...], who among [his] brothers [...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [wi]th the messenger [o]f [NN] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [i]-⸢qab-bu⸣-niš-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}GIN—⸢NUMUN⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina {uru}ha-⸢ag⸣-[ra-a-nu x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ {⸢lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | TA@v ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi {uru}ha-me-te ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | it-⸢tu⸣-ṣi-u ina pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢it-tal⸣-ku-u₂-ni ⸢ah-tu⸣-[ru-up] | |
| 10' | ⸢at-ta⸣-lak UN-MEŠ ⸢an⸣-[nu-ti] | |
| 11' | [ša] ⸢šag⸣-lu-u₂-ni ina ⸢BAR₂.SIPA⸣{ki} | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ ka ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢gab⸣-bu u₂-⸢sa⸣-ag-[li] | |
| 4' | ⸢LUGAL lu⸣ u₂-di NIM.MA{⸢ki}a⸣-[a] | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu TA@v ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}GIN—⸢NUMUN la⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-du-ku ⸢u₃⸣ ša—da-a-ni | |
| 7' | ⸢u₂⸣-sag-⸢li⸣-šu₂-nu šu₂-nu-u₂-ma | |
| 8' | ⸢ig⸣-da-⸢al⸣-u₂ ṭe₃-mu [o] | |
| 9' | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}li-iʾ-ta-mu [o] | |
| 10' | {1}ga-ʾa-ma-a-nu ⸢DUMU x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢TA@v⸣ {lu₂v}⸢A⸣—KIN {lu₂v}⸢A⸣—KIN ⸢ša⸣ {1}[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
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