CTN 5, ND 2488 (P224429)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2488 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224429 |
| Museum no. | IM 064065 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | to the k[ing, my lord ...] |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | As to [the chief cupbearer, to whom] the Šub[ri]an [had written]: "[Send] 300 [It]u'eans!", the chief cupbearer w[rote to me ...]: "The Šubrian has writ[ten] that I should send him 300 [It]u'eans." |
| Reverse [8:14] r 9'9'–r 14'14' | I wrote to the chief [cu]pbe[arer] as follows: "Write to the Šubrian like this: "Instead of requesting Itu’eans from me, send (them) to me, and (then) I will come." |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Is there any enemy?" There is no enemy at all. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 17'17'–r 19'19' | The king has much delayed answering me. Let me come to the king, my lord, and see the king, my lord! |
| Reverse [19:22] r 20'20'–r 22'22' | If I do not come (back) here, (already) in the night of the next day the king's people [will challen]ge me, (so) let me come and see the king, my lord. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ina UGU⸣ {[lu₂m}GAL—KAŠ\y.LUL] {[lu₂m}GAL—KAŠ\y.LUL] | |
| 4' | [ša] {kur}⸢šub⸣-[ri]-a-⸢a⸣ [iš-pur-a-šu₂] | |
| 5' | ma-a 03 me {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[i-tu]-⸢u-a⸣.[a še-bi-la] | |
| 6' | {lu₂m}GAL—KAŠ\y.⸢LUL {lu₂m}GAL—KAŠ\y.⸢LUL x x i⸣-[sap-ra] | |
| 7' | ma-a\d {kur}⸢šub-ri-a⸣-a i-sap-[ra] | |
| 8' | ⸢ma⸣-a\d 03 me {lu₂vy}[i-tu]-⸢u⸣-a.a še-bi-[la] | |
| 9' | ⸢a⸣-na\d-ku ki-i ⸢an-ni⸣-i ⸢a-na\d⸣ {lu₂vy}GAL—⸢KAŠ.LUL⸣ {lu₂vy}GAL—⸢KAŠ.LUL⸣ | |
| 10' | a-sap-ra-šu₂ ⸢nu-ku⸣ ki-i an-[ni]-i | |
| 11' | ⸢a⸣-na {kur}šub\y-ri-ia-a.a šu-pur | |
| 12' | ⸢ma⸣-a ku-um {lu₂vy}i-tu-u-a.a | |
| 13' | ⸢te⸣-ri\d-ša₂-⸢ni-ni ma⸣-a a-na\d ia-a-ši-ma | |
| 14' | šup\d-ra\d lal-li\d-ka | |
| 15' | i—su\t-ri\d LUGAL\d be-li₂ i-qa-ab-bi | |
| 16' | ma-a {lu₂vy}KUR₂ me-me-ni {lu₂vy}KUR₂-ma ⸢la⸣-a-šu₂ | |
| 17' | LUGAL\d u₂-ta-kiš a—dan-niš na\d-pa-⸢si⸣ | |
| 18' | ina UGU LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lal-⸢li\d⸣-ka | |
| 19' | LUGAL\d ⸢be⸣-li₂ la-mur | |
| 20' | šum₂-ma ⸢a-na\d⸣ ha-⸢ne₂⸣-e-ša₂ la al-la-ka | |
| 21' | ⸢iš—ši-a-ri⸣ ⸢iš—ši-a-ri⸣ i—mu-ši i—mu-ši ša\dm—LUGAL | |
| 22' | [i-gar]-ru\d-⸢ni⸣ lal-li\d-ka LUGAL\d be-li₂\d | |
| 23' | la-mur | |
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