CTN 5, ND 2495 (P224431)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2495 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224431 |
| Museum no. | IM 064068 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To [the king, my lord: yo]ur servant [Bel-duri]. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | The king, my lord, [gave orders]: "[All] gover[nors] may raise food and fodder from the vi[llages of the dese]rt with you, and Adad-isse'a and Bel-lešir are to support Abi-lešir!" |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | They have not agreed to this though, but are disobedient, saying: "Why should our villages in the desert belong to all the governors? The villages are ... within each other!" |
| Obverse [11:23] o 1212– | The king, my lord, should send word that they are to write down their desert villages. Ever since the king my lord has levied pack animals from Hamath, I have been on my own, and he (= Abi-lešir) and they (= Adad-isse'a and Bel-lešir) have been [on their own]. Tomorrow the king [my lord] will surely kill me, saying: "You are but a bunch of do-nothings!" |
| Reverse [2:10] r 2222–r 2929 | The following is (my) bread and fodder per calendar month: 5 homers of fodder, 123 homers of bread, total 128 homers, Šamaš-ahu-iddina; 75 homers of fodder, 15 homers of bread, total 90 homers, Abi-lešir; 600 (homers of bread) for 2,000 full-time (lit. 'free') soldiers of the (king) of Commagene. In all 918 homers a month, this household. |
| Reverse [10:17] r 3030– | The king my lord knows that of the road-stations we take care of three stretches while they take care of two streches each. Now, the king my lord should know that they are rebelling (against this arrangement), we [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na\t [LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂ [ṭe₃-mu is-sa-kan] | |
| 4 | ma-a {lu₂vy}EN.⸢NAM⸣-[MEŠ gab-bu] | |
| 5 | ⸢NINDA⸣-ME ⸢ki⸣-su\y-tu₂ TA@v\m ⸢URU⸣-[MEŠ mad]-⸢bar⸣ | |
| 6 | i-si-ku-nu li\d-in-tu₂-hu | |
| 7 | ma-a {1}10—⸢KI⸣-ia {1}EN—GIŠ | |
| 8 | a-⸢na⸣ {1}⸢AD⸣—GIŠ\d lu-ša₂-⸢ki-lu⸣ | |
| 9 | la-a ⸢i⸣-ma-gur₂ la-a i-ša₂-mi | |
| 10 | a-ta-⸢a⸣ in-nu-te ma-a URU-MEŠ\m-ni | |
| 11 | ina mad-bar ša\dm {lu₂vy}EN.NAM-ME ⸢gab-bi⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | URU-MEŠ\mm ina ŠA₃ a-hi-ši pa-nu-gu | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš\d-pu-ra URU-ME-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | ša\dm mad-bar liš\d-ṭu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 15 | TA@v\m E₂ {⸢anše⸣}a-ṣa-pu LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 16 | TA@v\m {kur}ha-ma-te is-<su>-hu-u-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | a-na\t-ku a-na\t-⸢ku⸣-[ma] | |
| 18 | šu-u₂ šu₂-nu-u₂-⸢ma⸣ [šu₂-nu] | |
| 19 | ⸢i⸣—ši-a-ri ⸢i⸣—ši-a-ri LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| r | ||
| 20 | ⸢i-du-ka-a⸣-ni\d ma-⸢a⸣ | |
| 21 | la e-pi-šu₂-⸢te⸣ at-tu₂-nu | |
| 22 | an-ni-u₂ ⸢NINDA⸣-MEŠ ⸢ki-su\y⸣-tu₂ | |
| 23 | ša\dm 01 ITI ⸢UD⸣-me 05 ANŠE\d ⸢ki-su⸣-tu₂ | |
| 24 | 01 me 23 ANŠE ⸢NINDA-MEŠ⸣ PAB 01 me 28 ANŠE | |
| 25 | {1}{d}UTU—PAB—AŠ 75 ANŠE ⸢ki⸣-su\t-tu₂ | |
| 26 | 15 ANŠE⸣ NINDA\m-MEŠ\mm PAB 90 ANŠE {1}AD—GIŠ | |
| 27 | 06 me ša\dm 02 lim {lu₂v}za-ku-e | |
| 28 | ša\dm {kur}ku-mu-ha-a.a | |
| 29 | PAB 09 me 18 ANŠE ša\dm 01 ITI | |
| 30 | E₂ an-ni-u₂ LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da\d | |
| 31 | ina ŠA₃-bi mar-di-a-te 03 mar-di-tu₂ | |
| 32 | an-ni-nu ni-ma-⸢ta⸣-ha šu₂-nu | |
| 33 | šu-na-a.a i-ma-tu₂-hu | |
| 34 | u₂-ma-a LUGAL be-⸢li₂ lu u₂-da⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 35 | [šu₂]-nu i-bal-⸢ku⸣-[tu] | |
| 36 | ⸢an⸣-ni\d-nu [x x x x x] | |
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