CTN 5, ND 2625 (P224437)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2625 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224437 |
| Museum no. | IM 064081 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Bel-lešir. [Good h]ealth to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | I came to the Palace to pay homage (to the king). After my departure, the Itu'eans who hold (land) in the province committed a theft in the district. Instead of the fine (imposed on them), they plundered the sheep which were being grazed in the district and are holding [them]. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [Let the king], my l[ord, give] me orders |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [......] of the land |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616–o 1919 | [......] As to what the king, [my lord, wrote to m]e |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | we [... the It]u'[ean]s |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | [The king], my lord, kn[ows that] the Itu'eans hold [a who]le [di]istrict in the province of Kurb[ai]l. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | The sheikhs are now coming to the Palace. Let the king, my lord, question them. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | I wrote immediately [a]fter I had subjugated the people and stamped out the [mora]le of the land. |
| Reverse [13:20] r 14'14'– | All the [t]owns of the Itu'eans have violated the sheep of the queen, the governor and the magnates, which are being grazed in the province, and their [...] is being shed. |
| Right [0:6] r.e. 20r.e. 20– | [The k]ing, my lord, [may] do [as] he de[ems best]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}EN—GIŠ | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | ina E₂.GAL a-na šul-me | |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-ta-al-ka i—da-tu₂-u-a i—da-tu₂-u-a | |
| 6 | {kur}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a ša ina NAM | |
| 7 | ⸢u₂⸣-ka-lu-u-ni | |
| 8 | ⸢A₂.2-šu₂-nu ina na-ge-e | |
| 9 | i-ta-ba-lu UDU-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ša ina na-ge-e i-ra-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢ina⸣ GIM sa-ar-te ⸢ih⸣-tab-tu₂ | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢u₂⸣-ka-lu | |
| 13 | [LUGAL be]-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 14 | [liš-kun]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša KUR | |
| 16 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša LUGAL | |
| 17 | [EN iš-pur-an]-ni | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | {[kur}i]-⸢tu₂-ʾa⸣-[a].a nu-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [LUGAL] EN-li₂ u₂-⸢da a-ki⸣ | |
| 5' | {[kur]}na-gi-u₂ ša NAM {uru}kur-⸢ba-il₃⸣ | |
| 6' | {[kur]}⸢i⸣-tu₂-ʾa-a.a | |
| 7' | [gab]-bu u₂-ka-lu-u-ni | |
| 8' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a {lu₂v}na-si-ka-ni | |
| 9' | ina E₂.GAL i-tal-ku-u-ni | |
| 10' | LUGAL EN-li₂ liš-al-šu₂-nu | |
| 11' | a-di UN-MEŠ a-ka-bu-su-ni | |
| 12' | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bu ša KUR a-ka-bu-su-ni | |
| 13' | ⸢ha⸣-ra-ma-ma a-sa-pa-ra | |
| 14' | ⸢URU⸣-MEŠ-ni ša {kur}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a | |
| 15' | ga-bi-šu₂ ih-ti-ṭi₂-u₂ | |
| 16' | ina ŠA₃ UDU-MEŠ MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 17' | ša NAM ša {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 18' | ša ina NAM i-ra-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 19' | [x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ta-ta-⸢na-qi⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | [a-ki ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-li₂ i-⸢la⸣-[ʾu-u-ni] | |
| 21 | [le]-⸢e⸣-pu-šu₂ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x lu ša₂ ha⸣ ki ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x i⸣ su [x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x lu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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