CTN 5, ND 2439 (P224418)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2439 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224418 |
| Museum no. | IM 064043 |
| 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 | Good health to [the king], m[y lord]: your servant Hu-Teššub. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The king, my lord, knows my brother Mušeṣi, who made peace. He has gone to [the presence] of the king, my lord [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | there is [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | the It[u]'eans [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Let a [messen]ger of the king, my lord, come |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] his i[š]kā[r]u dues |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...... m]y heart |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | during [...], he has set his mind on my governorship. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616– | Indeed, the king, my lord, knows that he has been keeping an eye on me since the day before yesterday. |
| Reverse [1:9] r 22–r 99 | Now, my broth[er] has again gone to make trouble. I (too) shall go, I shall not leave it at that. I am going to the towns Argue and Kinnili; the king may do as he deems best. |
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]-⸢ia₂⸣ lu DI-mu | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}hu\d—te-šub | |
| 3 | {1}mu-še-ṣi⸣ ŠEŠ\ty-⸢u₂⸣-a | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ is-lim-u₂-⸢ni LUGAL EN⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂\m⸣-da-šu₂ ⸢ina⸣ [IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢i-ta-lak⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢i-ba\y-aš₂-ši x x x⸣ | |
| 9 | i-⸢tu₂-ʾa⸣-a-a ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | {[lu₂vy}A].⸢KIN {[lu₂vy}A].⸢KIN ša LUGAL EN-ia li\t-li\tp-ka⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x] ⸢EŠ₂.QAR⸣-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢x x x x x ŠA₃-ia⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢EN⸣ [x x]+⸢x ni x x ni⸣ a-⸢na\t⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢EN.NAM-u₂⸣-te-ia | |
| 15 | pa-⸢ni-šu₂ i-sa⸣-kan | |
| 16 | i-⸢ba-ši TA@v\m šal-ši—UD-me⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN u₂\m-⸢da\d⸣ pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ina UGU-ia u₂\m-ma-a | |
| 3 | tu\d-ra ⸢ŠEŠ\ty⸣-u₂-a i-ta-lak | |
| 4 | i-hab-bu-ra al-la-ka | |
| 5 | la u₂-ram-ma | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ {uru}⸢ar-gu-e⸣ | |
| 7 | {⸢uru⸣}kin₂-ni-li al-la-ka | |
| 8 | ⸢LUGAL\d ki⸣-i ša i-la-ʾu-ni | |
| 9 | le-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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