CTN 5, ND 2398 (P224400)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2398 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224400 |
| Museum no. | IM 064024 |
| 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 | Your servant Hamapi: I would gladly die for the ki[ng], my lord! Say to my lord: |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | When the delegate of Elam, who lives in Bit-[Imb]ia, wrote to me: "What news is there on the camp which came?," I subsequently wrote to him: "The king of Assyria has [de]feated them. Šumu-ukin, his son, (as well as) [his] bro[ther are dead]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [...] Bit-Amukan[i ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] when [......] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | have [deliv]ered [...] into your hands, (and) by the command of Bel and Nabû you have now liberated Šapiya, the [...] of the whole land. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'– | By that very command, whoever transgresses your word (or) alters your treaty, will be consigned into your hands. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}ha-ma-pi a-na di-na-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | be-li₂-ia ⸢lul⸣-lik um-ma-a a-na be-li₂-ia₂-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi ša₂ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ša₂ ina E₂—{1}im]-⸢bi⸣-ia | |
| 4 | aš₂-bu ki-i iš-pu-ra um-ma mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 5 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ ma-dak-ti ša₂ tal-li-ka | |
| 6 | ar₂-ki-šu₂ al-tap-raš-šu₂ um-ma LUGAL KUR—aš-šur | |
| 7 | [GAZ]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu id-duk {1}MU—GIN DUMU-⸢šu₂ ŠEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x E₂⸣—a-muk-a-⸢ni⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x ki-i⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na ŠU.2-ka ⸢u₂⸣-[mal]-lu-u₂ ina ⸢pi-i⸣ ša₂ {d}EN | |
| 3' | u {⸢d}AG za x x⸣ su ša₂ KUR gab-bi-šu₂ | |
| 4' | {uru}ša₂-pi-⸢ia⸣ a-du-u₂ tap-ta-ṭar-šu₂ | |
| 5' | ki-i pi-i ša₂-a-šu₂-⸢ma⸣ man-ni a-mat-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 6 | it-ti-qu-u a-de-e-ka | |
| 7 | u₂-ša-an-nu-u₂ a-na ŠU.2-ka | |
| 8 | im-man-ni | |
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