CTN 5, ND 2481 (P224427)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2481 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224427 |
| Museum no. | IM 064059 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] is estimated |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | 2,[xxx,xxx] bricks, work allotment of [... yea]rs; 1,382,400 bricks, work allotment of four months. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | In another year, they were glazing bricks like this. |
| Obverse [8:21] o 9'9'– | Total 2,554,600 bricks, work allotment of two years, 40,000 bales of straw according to one litre of straw for one brick; four litres for the fastening of [...]. 6,260 bales of reeds; one bale is 7.5 royal cubits, 7,000 garden reeds; length [x] royal cubits, width [one] royal [c]ubit. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Total, commander-in-chief; cubit of Arpad. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ka-ṣip | |
| 3' | 02-[lim-x-me-x-lim-x]-⸢me⸣ SIG₄\dd EŠ₂.QAR | |
| 4' | ⸢ša\d⸣ [x MU.AN].⸢NA⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 5' | 01 lim 01 lim 03 me 82 lim 04 me | |
| 6' | SIG₄\d EŠ₂.QAR\d ša 04 ⸢ITI-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | ina MU.AN.NA ša₂\m-ni-ti\t | |
| 8' | ki-i an-⸢nim⸣-ma i-šah\mm-hu-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| 9' | PAB 02 lim lim 05 me 54 lim 06 me | |
| 10' | SIG₄ EŠ₂.QAR\p ša\d 02 MU.AN.NA\t-MEŠ\m | |
| 11' | 40 lim ma-qar\d-rat {še}IN.NU | |
| 12' | ⸢ina⸣ 01 qa {še}IN.NU ša\pm 01 SIG₄ | |
| 13' | 04 qa a-na ṣi-in-di ša₂ [x] | |
| 14' | 06 lim 02 me 60 ma-qar\d-rat {gid}⸢AMBAR⸣ | |
| 15' | 07 KUŠ₃ ⸢ru⸣-ṭu ina 01 KUŠ₃—MAN KUŠ₃—MAN | |
| 16' | 01-et ma-qar\d-rat-tu₂ | |
| 17' | 07 lim GI SAR\p-ʾi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | [x] ina 01 KUŠ₃—MAN KUŠ₃—MAN GID₂.DA\dd | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣—MAN ⸢KUŠ₃⸣—MAN ⸢DAGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | PAB tur-tan KUŠ₃ ⸢ar₂\d⸣-pad-da\d | |
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