CTN 5, ND 2452 (P224419)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224419 |
| Museum no. | IM 064046 |
| 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 | To the kin[g], my [lo]rd: (your) servant Ašipâ. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | 6,000 (homers of) barley of the village manager Ṣil-Bel is near by. The rest of the barley has not been piled up. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | (There is also) 2,000 (homers of) Nergal-eṭir; |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | (and) 3,000 (homers of) barley in Sippar. The barley is far from the river bank. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | The barley is in place, (but) I cannot go to Sippar and the barley is far from the river. |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | If the king should say: 'Go (there)!', the work is in progress. They complain, saying: "From Cutha, from Kar-Nergal." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-<ka> {1}a-ši-pa-a | |
| 3 | 06 lim {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ša {1}GIŠ.MI—EN | |
| 5 | {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | ⸢qur⸣-ba-at re-eh-ti | |
| 7 | {še}PAD-MEŠ la u₂-du-⸢bi⸣-ku | |
| 8 | 02 lim {1}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
| 9 | 03 lim {še}PAD-MEŠ ina {uru}si-par | |
| 10 | {še}PAD-MEŠ TA@v UGU ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 11 | pa-ti-a-at | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ kar⸣-ra-at | |
| 2 | a-na {uru}si-par | |
| 3 | la a-lak | |
| 4 | {še}PAD-MEŠ TA@v pa-<an> ID₂ | |
| 5 | pa-ti-a-at | |
| 6 | šum₂\p-mu\p LUGAL i-qa-bi | |
| 7 | ma-a a-lik | |
| 8 | ⸢dul⸣-lu u₂-ku-šu₂ | |
| 9 | šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢i-da⸣-bu-bu | |
| 11 | ma-a TA@v {⸢uru⸣}ku-ti-e | |
| 12 | ma-a ⸢TA@v⸣ {uru}kar—{d}U.GUR | |
Sources & licences
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