CTN 5, ND 2403 (P224402)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2403 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224402 |
| Museum no. | IM 064026 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [Your servants Šamaš-bunaya, Nabu]-nammir [and] the Babylonian[s]: [W]e would gladly di[e fo]r [our] lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless the king, our lord! [Say] to our lord: |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [As to what the king w]rote to us: "Fear [no]t! |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [... do] the work! [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [...] the army [of the king] our [lo]rd. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [...] our [lord] |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | [As to what] o[ur lo]rd wrote to us: "Let them make a report together, and let nobody make him fight, until I throw against him the troops that are in the surroundings of Babylon." |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | [......] revolted and [...ed] in the a[r]ea of Chaldea. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'–r 14'14' | [They/he] greet[ed] the ki[ng, ...] and [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}{d}UTU—DU₃-a-a] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AG]—⸢ZALAG₂-ir⸣ | |
| 3 | [u₃] {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}[MEŠ] | |
| 4 | [a]-⸢na di⸣-na-an be-li₂-[ni] | |
| 5 | [ni]-⸢il⸣-lik d.AG u {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 6 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ni lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | [um-ma-a] ⸢a⸣-na be-⸢li₂-ni-ma⸣ | |
| 8 | [ša₂ LUGAL] ⸢iš⸣-pur-an-na-ši | |
| 9 | [um-ma] ⸢la⸣ ta-pal-la-⸢ha⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ dul-lu-um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11 | [ep-ša₂-a x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢e⸣-mu-qu | |
| 13 | [ša₂ LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-i-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x]-a-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ša₂] ⸢EN-ni iš-pur⸣-an-⸢na-ši⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢um⸣-ma ⸢ṭe₃-e⸣-mu a-⸢ha⸣-meš | |
| 3' | ⸢li⸣-pu-ša-⸢a⸣-ma mam-ma | |
| 4' | la ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-an-ha-⸢as-su⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢a-di a⸣-na UGU-⸢hi⸣-šu₂ | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ ERIM ša i-na ⸢ta-mir⸣-ti | |
| 7' | ⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki} ⸢a⸣-na-⸢du-u₂⸣ | |
| 8' | IGI MU.SAR ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢x x x x x ki⸣-i | |
| 10' | is-⸢si⸣-hu i-na ⸢ta-mir⸣-ti | |
| 11' | ša₂ {lu₂}kal-du it-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12' | šul-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | u₃ a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢ki-i⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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