CTN 5, ND 2460 (P224421)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2460 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224421 |
| Museum no. | IM 064050 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Inurta-ila'i. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | The former deserter whom I sen[t] to the Palace told me: "20 men chased me as far as the outskirts of the city." |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | I sent horses after th[em] early in the morning at da[wn] but [they could] not reach [them]; they cam[e (back) ...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | to the Pa[lace ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | of [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the[ir harve[st ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | of the pala[ce] herald [...] |
| Reverse [4:11] r 5'5'–r 11'11' | (but) there are no oxen. Right [now] (men) of the deputy governor Nergal-uballiṭ are here. Let th[em] be told that their oxen should come and that they should thre[sh] their harvest, fetch it and bring it into the ci[ty]. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | Their guards are standing before the ha[rvest]. They have no oxen. |
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 LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}ma-⸢aq⸣-tu pa-ni-u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ a-na E₂.GAL u₂-še-bi-[lu-ni] | |
| 6 | iq-ṭi₂-bi-a ma-a 20 ERIM-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | uk-ta-ši-du-u₂-ni [o] | |
| 8 | a-di qa-an-ni URU-ma [o] | |
| 9 | ina kal-la-ma-ri im—ma-[ta-hi] im—ma-[ta-hi] | |
| 10 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ i—da-tu-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] i—da-tu-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 11 | a-sa-par la ⸢u₂⸣-[ša₂-an-ṣi-u] | |
| 12 | la ik-šu-⸢du⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 13 | it-tal-ku-⸢u⸣-[ni x x x] | |
| 14 | ina ⸢E₂⸣.[GAL x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {še}⸢BURU₁₄-šu₂⸣-[nu x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša {lu₂}NIGIR₂—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ {lu₂}NIGIR₂—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | GUD-MEŠ la-aš₂-šu₂ an-⸢nu⸣-[rig] | |
| 6' | ša {1}{d}U.GUR—u₂-bal-liṭ 02-[e] | |
| 7' | an-na-ka liq-bu-ni-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 8' | GUD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lil-lik-u₂-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 9' | {še}BURU₁₄-šu₂-nu lu-du-ri-[su] | |
| 10' | li-in-tu-hu ina ŠA₃ ⸢URU⸣ | |
| 11' | lu-še-ri-bu [o] | |
| 12' | {lu₂}EN.NUN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ina IGI {še}⸢BURU₁₄⸣ | |
| 13' | iz-za-zu GUD-MEŠ | |
| 14' | ina IGI-šu₂-nu la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.