CTN 5, ND 2381 (P224395)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2381 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224395 |
| Museum no. | IM 064018 |
| 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/saa01 · 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 Adda-hati. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | (Ammili'ti) the son of Amiri readied himself with 300 she-camels, intending to attack the booty being [tran]sferred from Damascus to Assyria. |
| Obverse [10:27] o 1111– | [I heard of this and] sent word to Bel-i[qbi]; he came and we went together to meet the booty. He saw us, ambushed us from behind, and we had a fight. [1],500 [boot]y sheep from the city of Huzaza, [1],500 sheep [......] city of [......], [...]2 men [......] men [...... |
| Reverse [10:20] r 3030–r 3939 | We returned and went in pursuit [after] him, getting as far as Il[...]ani, but could not catch up with him; (the terrain) was too difficult, [it was not fit] either for horses or for chariots [...... |
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\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}10—⸢ha⸣-ti | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI-mu ⸢a-na\t LUGAL EN⸣-ia | |
| 4 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}⸢a⸣-mi-ri | |
| 5 | ina ŠA₃-bi 03 me⸣ {anše}a-na-qa-te | |
| 6 | u₂-za-ta-⸢ki⸣ ma-a ina UGU | |
| 7 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}hu-ub-⸢te ša TA@v\m⸣ | |
| 8 | {⸢uru⸣}[di]-maš-qa ⸢a-na⸣ KUR—aš-šur KUR—aš-šur | |
| 9 | [u₂-še]-⸢ta-qu⸣-u₂-ni | |
| 10 | [ma-a ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi a-⸢ma⸣-qu-[ut] | |
| 11 | [a-se-me ina] UGU {1}EN—⸢iq⸣-[bi] | |
| 12 | [a]-⸢sap⸣-ra i-tal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 13 | [i]-⸢sa⸣-a-hi-ši ina ⸢GABA⸣ | |
| 14 | {[lu₂v]}⸢hu⸣-ub-te ni-ta-lak | |
| 15 | [e-ta]-⸢mar⸣-na\t-a-ši | |
| 16 | [ina] ⸢šub⸣-tu₂ ina ku-ta\d-li-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | [u₂-se]-⸢šib⸣ | |
| 18 | [ni-it]-⸢ta⸣-ha-ṣa [o] | |
| 19 | [x]-⸢lim⸣-05-me UDU-HI.A-[MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 20 | [hu-ub]-⸢te⸣ TA@v\m {uru}⸢hu-za-za⸣ | |
| 21 | [x]-lim-05-me UDU-[HI.A] | |
| 22 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 23 | [x x x] {uru}⸢x⸣+[x-x]-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 24 | [x x x] 02 ERIM-MEŠ\m | |
| 25 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ERIM-MEŠ\m | |
| 26 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x-na⸣ | |
| 27 | [x x x] te [x]+⸢x⸣ mu [x] | |
| 28 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ šu₂ [x x] | |
| 29 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 30 | [a]-⸢ni⸣-nu ⸢ni⸣-su\t-⸢hu⸣-[ur] | |
| 31 | [i]—⸢da-tu-šu⸣ [i]—⸢da-tu-šu⸣ ni-⸢ir⸣-ti\t-di-pi | |
| 32 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {kur}il-⸢la-ba⸣-a-ni | |
| 33 | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢ni⸣-iq-ṭi₂-ri-⸢ib⸣ | |
| 34 | la ni-ik-šu-du | |
| 35 | ma-ri-ṣi la-a a-na | |
| 36 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m ⸢la⸣-a a-na\t | |
| 37 | {giš}⸢GIGIR-MEŠ\m⸣ [o] | |
| 38 | {1}⸢ni-ba⸣-[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 39 | ina ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢si⸣ [x] | |
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