CTN 5, ND 2470 (P224424)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2470 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224424 |
| Museum no. | IM 064055 |
| 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 | A tablet of Inurta-ila'i to the palace scribe. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | Concerning the people of Puqudu in my presence about whom they ordered from the Palace: "Let them be brought here!" |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | They are bringing 29 per[son]s. To[da]y they are in Calah, I am giving them bread [and water ...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | Let them be counted [as Assyrians], and let them be brought and appointed where [their] people are. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | One of them is in Barhalza. I have sent word to bring him. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | I am (now) writing to you: check and receive the people quickly! |
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 | IM {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}A.BA—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ {lu₂}A.BA—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ | |
| 3 | UN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ša | |
| 4 | {kur}pu-qu-da-a.a | |
| 5 | ša ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 6 | ša ina E₂.GAL iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 7 | ma-a lu-bi-lu-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | 29 {lu₂}⸢ZI-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢na-ṣu⸣-ni [ina ŠA₃ UD]-me | |
| 10 | an-ni-e ina {⸢uru}kal-hi⸣ | |
| 11 | šu-nu NINDA-MEŠ [A-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-dan-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | li-im-nu-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 3' | be₂-et UN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂-nu-ni] | |
| 4' | lu-bi-lu lip-qi-⸢du⸣ | |
| 5' | 01-en TA@v ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | ina {kur}bar-hal-zi | |
| 7' | šu-tu₂ a-sap-ra | |
| 8' | u₂-bal-lu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 9' | a-sap-rak-ka ar₂-hiš | |
| 10' | UN-MEŠ a-šur mu-hur | |
Sources & licences
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