CTN 5, ND 2484 (P224428)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2484 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224428 |
| Museum no. | IM 064061 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | They are [in ... His] f[orces] have [pr]oceeded [against] the king, my lord, (but) the reinforcements from above have not crossed over to them. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 6'6'– | They have [con]structed reed huts on the other side of Bab-bitqi and live there. They have 2,000 horses and 90 chariots, (but they are) not in fighting spirit. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | As they were staying (there), they were given an order from above: "I don’t see your faces; incite a fight!" |
| Reverse [7:14] r 88– | Now then, they have been writing to him, [sayin]g, "Lead us away! Raise your eyes and [l]ead us away! Why [......]. |
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' | ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | šu₂-nu-ma ⸢e⸣-[mu-qi₂-šu₂ a-na UGU] | |
| 3' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia-ma [i]-⸢te-et-qu⸣ | |
| 4' | tar-di-ti ul-tu e-le-ni | |
| 5' | a-na UGU-hi-šu₂-nu ul i-bi-ru-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢a⸣-hu 02-ta ša₂ KA₂—bit-qa | |
| 7' | {⸢gi}hu⸣-uṣ-ṣe-e-ti | |
| 8' | [uh-ta]-⸢aṣ⸣-ṣi-ṣu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢i⸣-na ŠA₃-bi aš₂-bu | |
| 2 | 02 lim {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | u₃ 90 {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ it-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ul i-na iš-qi₂-šu₂-nu ki-i | |
| 5 | aš₂-bu ul-tu e-le-nu | |
| 6 | ṭe-e-ma šak-nu um-ma | |
| 7 | pa-ni-ku-nu la am-mar ṣal-ta | |
| 8 | ⸢de⸣-ka en-na a-du-u₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢il⸣-ta-nap-pa-ru-niš-šu₂ | |
| 10 | [um]-⸢ma⸣ ab-kan-na-ši-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-na-ka de-ke-e-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 12 | [ab]-kan-na-ši am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni | |
| 13 | [x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ qu ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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