CTN 5, ND 2366 (P224391)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2366 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224391 |
| Museum no. | IM 064012 |
| 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 [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | I [revi]ewed them, rec[eived the ...s which] did [n]ot g[o] (away) and a[ssigned] th[e men] and donkeys. I brought them out on the 12th and they left for me. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (They are): 19 men, 19 donkeys: the [...eans] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | 13 men, 10 (donkeys), 1 camel: the [...eans] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | 3 (men), 3 (donkeys): the Lidiaeans |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'–b.e. 11'b.e. 11' | 81 (men), 81 (donkeys): Bel-lešir |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 12'12'–b.e. 12'12' | 18 (men), 18 (donkeys): the Itu'eans |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 13'13'– | 15 (men), 15 (donkeys): the Hamaraeans |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | (and) 59 (men), 59 (donkeys), 1 c[amel] under the command of Šamaš-buna[ya], in all 198 [men], 195 d[onkeys], 2 camel[s]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | I am (now) send[ing them to the king, my lord], in the custody of Apladad-[...], my messenger. |
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' | ⸢LU₂⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-[ta]-⸢šar⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣-u₂-a-[x x] | |
| 4' | [ša] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢li⸣-ku-u-ni a-⸢ta⸣-[har] | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂⸣}[ERIM]-⸢MEŠ ANŠE.NITA₂⸣-MEŠ\m u₂-⸢ta⸣-[si-ik] | |
| 6' | ⸢UD⸣ 12-⸢KAM₂⸣ u₂-se-ṣi-a-šu₂-nu | |
| 7' | i-ta-ta-ku-u₂-ni | |
| 8' | 19 {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ 19 ANŠE.NITA₂ {kur}⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 9' | 13 ERIM-MEŠ 10 01 {anše}A.AB.BA {⸢kur⸣}[x] | |
| 10' | 03 03 {kur}li-⸢di⸣-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | 81 81 {1}EN—GIŠ | |
| 12' | 18 18 {kur⸣}u₂-tu-u-a-⸢e⸣ | |
| 13' | 15 15 {kur}ha-mar-⸢a-e⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 59 59 01 {anše}⸢A⸣.[AB.BA] | |
| 2 | ša ŠU.2 {1}{d}UTU—DU₃-[a.a] | |
| 3 | PAB 01 me 98 {⸢lu₂⸣}[ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | 01 me 95 ⸢ANŠE.NITA₂⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | 02 {anše}A.AB.⸢BA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ⸢i-na⸣ ŠU.2 {1}{d}A.⸢U⸣—[x x] | |
| 7 | {⸢lu₂⸣}A—KIN-ia {⸢lu₂⸣}A—KIN-ia [ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂⸣-se-bi-⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.