CTN 5, ND 2634 (P224441)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2634 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224441 |
| Museum no. | IM 064086 |
| 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 king, my lord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | As to what I wrote to the king, my lord: "I shall be late as I am assembling the people wherever they are." I have (now) asked the sheikhs, and they told me: "Not a single one is left. These are all there are." |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Now the sheikhs are coming; let the king, my lord, ask the[m]! |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Rema[n]ni-[Is]sar came up and met us along the stretch that leads to Ka[r]-Aššur. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | As to what the king, my l[o]rd, wrote to me: "Feed the 6,000 captives in your presence." |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | For how long? (They are) 6,000! Can I cut out one-third with all the magnates? |
| Obverse [20:25] o 2121– | Did I not write to the king, my lord, last year: "There is no barley." |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | The king, my [l]or[d], told me: "If you had appealed to me, I would have given you 40,000 (homers) of barley." |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | Now does the king know that I have no barley? How long still? Let 6,000-3,000 (homers) be given to me, and let 3,000 (homers) also be giv[en] to Šamaš-bunaya. This (is what) I am herewith appealing for to the king, [m]y l[or]d. |
| Reverse [9:16] r 1010–r 1616 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "I am giving them (= the other magnates) the later captives." Let them share these (6,000 captives) with me, and I will (then) share the later (captives) with them. |
| Reverse [16:23] r 1717– | Perhaps the kin[g], my lord, will say: "How are they to enter into the presence of Šamaš-bunaya? When are they to be stocked?" There are 150 walled towns of Šamaš-bunaya in Arrapha. Let them be brought in there. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—DI-a-ni | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ša a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ aš₂-pu-ra-ni | |
| 5 | mu-uk la-am-mar-ku UN-MEŠ | |
| 6 | be₂-et i-ba-aš₂-šu-⸢ni⸣ lu-pa-hi-ra | |
| 7 | a-na {lu₂v}na-si-ka-⸢ti⸣ aš₂-sa-al | |
| 8 | ma-a 01-en la re-e-he ma-a | |
| 9 | an-nu-tim-ma šu-nu | |
| 10 | an-nu-rig {lu₂v}⸢na⸣-si-ka-a-ti | |
| 11 | il-⸢la⸣-ku-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 12 | liš-al-⸢šu-nu {1}rem₂⸣-a-⸢ni⸣—{d}15 | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃-⸢bi mar-de-ti ša⸣ a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 14 | {uru}⸢kar⸣—aš-šur il-la-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 15 | ina ir-⸢ti-ni⸣ e-⸢te-li⸣-ia-a | |
| 16 | ša LUGAL ⸢be⸣-li₂ iš-⸢pu-ra⸣-ni | |
| 17 | ma-a 06 lim {lu₂v}hu-ub-tu | |
| 18 | ina pa-ni-ka ša-ki-il | |
| 19 | a-du ma-ti 06 lim | |
| 20 | 03-su-u₂⸣ ⸢TA@v⸣ {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 21 | a-bat-taq la a-na LUGAL-e | |
| 22 | ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia₂ ina ⸢MU.IM.MA⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | ⸢aš₂-pur⸣-ru mu-uk {⸢še}PAD-MEŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la-aš₂-šu₂ LUGAL ⸢be-li₂⸣ | |
| 2 | iq-ṭi-bi-ia-a ma-a | |
| 3 | lu-u ⸢ta-hu-ra⸣-ni 40 lim | |
| 4 | {⸢še}PAD-MEŠ lu-u a⸣-di-na-ka | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂-ma⸣-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ u₂-da-a ki-i | |
| 6 | {še}PAD-i la-aš₂-šu-ni a-du ma-ti | |
| 7 | 06 lim 03 lim lid-di-nu-ni | |
| 8 | 03-lim⸣-ma ⸢a⸣-na {1}{d}UTU—DU₃-a.a | |
| 9 | lid-⸢di⸣-[nu] an-ni-u₂ a-na LUGAL | |
| 10 | ⸢be-li₂-ia at⸣-ta-⸢har⸣ ša LUGAL | |
| 11 | be-li₂ ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra-ni ma-a | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}hu-ub-tu₂ ⸢ur-ki⸣-iu-u₂ | |
| 13 | a-da-⸢na⸣-šu₂-nu an-ni-⸢iu⸣-u₂ | |
| 14 | iš-⸢se⸣-e-a lu-ša-an-ši-lu | |
| 15 | ⸢ur-ki⸣-iu-u₂ a-na-ku | |
| 16 | i-⸢si⸣-šu₂-nu lu-ša-an-ši-il | |
| 17 | i—su-ri ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 18 | ma-a a-ke-e ina IGI {1}{d}UTU—DU₃-a.a | |
| 19 | er-ru-bu ma-a a-na ma-ti [o] | |
| 20 | ⸢kar⸣-mu 01 me 50 URU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 21 | ⸢TA@v⸣ BAD₃-MEŠ ša {1}{d}UTU—DU₃-a.a | |
| 22 | ⸢a-na⸣ {uru}arrap-ha ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 23 | <$x$> lu-še-ri-bu | |
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