CTN 5, ND 2437 (P224417)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224417 |
| Museum no. | IM 064042 |
| 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 [3:9] o 44–o 99 | The silver dues of the prefects and village managers imposed on the local population have been handed over: two talents and 18 minas of silver according to the standard of Carchemish. In addition I have sent to the king, my lord, half a shekel of gold, two [tog]as and three tunics with my messenger. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | [When the king my lor]d gave [... to ...], he gave me 2,450 men; now Danâ has given me only 1,950, reducing (it) by 500 men. Those who were killed [...; ...] are in good health, the extra [...... |
| Bottom [0:15] b.e. 20b.e. 20– | If it is acc[eptable, let me b]ring [500 men f]rom A[rgite t]o Ṣ[upat and let ...] in their presence. I harvest the sown fields of the city of Hi[...], and in addition to them I harvest an extra 1,000 (hectares of) the sown fields of the city of Laba'u. Now, let the king my lord give me Assyrian and Itu'ean people (so) I can have (them) hold the [...]; there is no Assyrian city-overseer nor any Assyrian gate-guards in Ṣupat. |
| Reverse [11:17] r 3434–r 3939 | As to what the king my lord ordered: "The people living on the mounds should come down and build the fort", they have come down; should these ten fortified towns in the desert come down as well? What does the king my lord say? |
| Reverse [17:20] r 4040– | The atmosphere is constantly hostile but I am not negligent about (my) guard. |
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\d-ka {1}10—ha-ti\t | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI-mu a-⸢na\t⸣ LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢KUG⸣.UD ša\ty {lu₂vy}GAR\m-⸢nu-ME⸣-te ša\dm {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ\mm-te {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ\mm-te | |
| 5 | ⸢ša\ty⸣ ina UGU UN-MEŠ\mm ⸢KUR⸣ u₂-sa-di\d-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 6 | 02 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN 18 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ma-ne₂-⸢e⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ {[uru}gar]-⸢ga⸣-mis 1/2 ⸢GIN₂⸣ KUG.GI | |
| 8 | 02 {[tug₂}ša₂]-⸢din⸣-MEŠ\m 03 {tug₂m}GADA-MEŠ\mm i-⸢se⸣-niš | |
| 9 | ina [ŠU.2 {⸢lu₂vy}DUMU⸣—KIN-⸢ia⸣ {⸢lu₂vy}DUMU⸣—KIN-⸢ia⸣ [ina UGU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢EN-ia⸣ u₂-se-bi-[la] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ i-di-⸢nu⸣-[ni x] | |
| 12 | 02 ⸢lim⸣ 04 ⸢me 50 ERIM⸣-ME i-ta-⸢na⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂-ma-a⸣ {1}da-na\t-⸢a⸣ 01 lim 09 ⸢me⸣ 50 | |
| 14 | i-ta-⸢na 05 me⸣ ERIM-MEŠ\m ⸢un-ta-ṭi₂⸣ | |
| 15 | ša\dm ⸢GAZ⸣-MEŠ [x]+⸢x⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 16 | ša\dm-al-mu ut-⸢ru\d⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | ⸢x x⸣ u₂ ⸢i⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x]+⸢x x⸣ a la [x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x] ri ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | ⸢šum⸣-ma ⸢ma⸣-[hir 05 me ERIM-ME] | |
| 21 | ⸢TA⸣ {uru}⸢ar⸣-[gi-te] | |
| 22 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}⸢ṣu⸣-[pi-te] | |
| r | ||
| 23 | [lu]-bi-li [x x x x] | |
| 24 | ina IGI-⸢tu⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 25 | {še}NUMUN\d-MEŠ\m ša\ydm {uru}hi-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 26 | e-ṣi-⸢di⸣ 01 lim {še}⸢NUMUN\d⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 27 | ša\ydm {uru}la-ba-ʾu-u ut-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 28 | ina UGU-šu₂-nu e\d-ṣi-di u₂-ma-a | |
| 29 | LUGAL be-li₂ UN-MEŠ\mm {kur}⸢aš-šur⸣-a.a | |
| 30 | {lu₂vy}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a li\y-di-na\t | |
| 31 | ina ⸢mad⸣-bar lu-ša₂-ṣa-bi-ti\t la-a | |
| 32 | {lu₂vy}ša₂—UGU—URU la-a {lu₂vy}I₃.DU₈-MEŠ\m | |
| 33 | {kur}aš-šur-a.a ina {uru}ṣu-pi-te | |
| 34 | ⸢ša\ydm⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 35 | ma-a TA@v\m ⸢UGU⸣ ti\t-la-a-ni lu-ri-du-u-ni | |
| 36 | ina ŠAB šu₂ ⸢li⸣-ir-ṣi-pu i-tu₂-⸢ur-du⸣-u-ni | |
| 37 | 10 URU-MEŠ\mm E₂—BAD₃ E₂—BAD₃ ina mad-bar | |
| 38 | ha-nu-te lu-ri-du-u-ne₂-e | |
| 39 | mi-i-nu ša\ydm LUGAL i-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| 40 | ka-a.a-ma-nu gi-ru-tu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 41 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ EN.NUN\m.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 42 | [o] ⸢la⸣ a-ši-ia-⸢ṭa⸣ | |
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