CTN 5, ND 2426 (P224410)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2426 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224410 |
| Museum no. | IM 064035 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | [The king, my lord, wrote to me], saying: "[Appoint a ...] whom you [trust] to vice governorship, and appoint the rest [t]o [...]", so I appointed the [...] of Aššur-[...], the [lega]te of the city Ki[..., to vice governor]ship. [...] the shepherd [NN ...]. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | I ma[de clear] to him the responsibility of the job that I have given to him. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | with those who [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | the vice governor [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | Now he has lef[t the king’s] t[asks ......] and has go[ne] to Arrapha. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 4'4'–r 11'11' | The king, m[y] lord, sends me everywhere but there is nobody in my rear. Let a messenger of the king my lord come, let them make the king’s tasks clear to him, and let him d[o] his work. |
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' | ⸢ma-a x x x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša ta-x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na {⸢lu₂vy}02-u₂⸣-te [pi-qid] | |
| 4' | ma-⸢a re-hu-te⸣ [a]-⸢na x x x⸣ | |
| 5' | pi-⸢qi-di x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ u₂\m | |
| 6' | ša\dm {1}aš-šur—⸢x x {lu₂vy}qe-pu⸣ | |
| 7' | ša\dm {uru}ki-⸢x x⸣ [a-na {lu₂vy}02-u₂\m-te | |
| 8' | ap-ti-⸢qi\d⸣-di ina [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 9' | {lu₂vy}SIPA ⸢x x x⸣ ina UGU NAM\p | |
| 10' | ša\d ⸢dul-li⸣ am—mar ⸢a-din-na⸣-šu₂-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11' | bir\pd-ti\t IGI.2-ME-šu₂\d ⸢un-ta⸣-[di-di] | |
| 12' | TA@v\m ša\d ⸢x x⸣+[x] a ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | {lu₂vy}02-u₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a ⸢dul⸣-[la-a-ni ša LUGAL] | |
| 2' | ur-ta-am-[me x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a-na\td⸣ {uru}⸢arrap-ha⸣ it-⸢ta-lak⸣ [o] | |
| 4' | LUGAL\d be-⸢li a⸣-na ZAG u ⸢KAB\p⸣ | |
| 5' | i-šap-pa-⸢ra⸣-an-ni | |
| 6' | me-me-ni ina ku-tal-li\d-ia la-aš₂-šu₂\d | |
| 7' | {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri ša\d LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8' | lil-li\d-ka ina UGU dul-la-a-ni | |
| 9' | ša\d LUGAL bir-ti\t IGI.2-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂\d | |
| 10' | ⸢lu⸣-ma-⸢di⸣-du dul-lu-šu₂\d | |
| 11' | le-⸢pu-uš⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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