CTN 5, ND 2645 (P224447)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2645 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224447 |
| Museum no. | IM 064093 |
| 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: your servant Bel-duri. |
| Obverse [2:13] o 33–o 1313 | The king installed Ilu-mušezib, a baker of Bel-emuranni, in Hatarikka. When the king passed on, Ku[baba]-ereš a (member) of his community and the (members) of the community of his relatives [made] him run away. They should make inquiries and return the man to me. |
| Obverse [13:27] o 1414– | When there was an [ep]idemic here, Ilu-bi'di a cohort [commander of the ... under] my jurisdiction killed a horse. I made up for the horse in his stead and he promised: "I'll give you the money." Now this Ilu-bi'di has died; his wife, as the king knows, has married a young boy and that person has been serving under me as a cook. |
| Reverse [9:19] r 2727– | When the k[ing] had passed on, the (members) of the community came and made the man escape. His name is Tuqunu; let the king, my lord, ask [K]imumai and the members of the community whether he is a servant (of mine). |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | Nabû-šezib, my scribe, is in the presence of Aššur-ereš; let the king, my lord, send him over. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}EN—BAD₃\p | |
| 3 | {1}DINGIR—mu-še-zib {lu₂vy}NINDA | |
| 4 | ša\dm {1}EN—IGI-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | LUGAL ina {⸢uru⸣}ha-ta-ri-ka | |
| 6 | ⸢u₂-se⸣-[šib]-⸢šu₂⸣ a-ki | |
| 7 | LUGAL [e-ti]-qu-ni | |
| 8 | {1}{d}15.[KA₂]—APIN-eš | |
| 9 | ša\dm ⸢kal⸣-[zi]-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ša\dm ⸢kal⸣-[zi] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | šu-u₂\m-tu₂ [u₂]-⸢sa-ah⸣-[li]-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 12 | liš\d-u₂\m-lu ⸢LU₂⸣ | |
| 13 | lu-sa-⸢hir₂⸣-u-ni | |
| 14 | a-ki [mu]-⸢ta⸣-nu | |
| 15 | a-na-⸢ka-ni⸣ {1}⸢DINGIR⸣—bi-iʾ-di | |
| 16 | {⸢lu₂vy}GAL—ki⸣-ṣir\p {⸢lu₂vy}GAL—ki⸣-ṣir\p ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 17 | [ša] ŠU.2-ia | |
| r | ||
| 18 | [a-na] {anše}KUR.RA | |
| 19 | i-du-ka | |
| 20 | {anše}KUR.RA [ina] ku-mu\p-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ana-ku u₂-sa-lim-me | |
| 22 | ma-a KUG.UD SUM\m-ka | |
| 23 | {1}DINGIR—bi-⸢iʾ⸣-di UŠ₂ | |
| 24 | MI₂-šu₂ LUGAL ⸢u₂⸣-du DUMU QAL₃ | |
| 25 | ta-ta-⸢haz⸣ [ina] {⸢lu₂}MU⸣-MEŠ | |
| 26 | LU₂ ⸢is⸣-si-ia i-du-la | |
| 27 | a-⸢ki LUGAL⸣ e-ti\t-qu-ni | |
| 28 | ša\dm ⸢kal-zi⸣ i-tal-ku-ni | |
| 29 | LU₂ ⸢u₂⸣-sa-ah-li-qu | |
| 30 | {1}LAL-⸢nu⸣ MU\p-šu₂ | |
| 31 | a-⸢na⸣ {1}⸢ki⸣-mu\p-ma-a.a | |
| 32 | ⸢a⸣-na ša\dm kal-zi\p | |
| 33 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš\d-ʾa-la | |
| 34 | šum₂\m-mu\p la {lu₂vy}ARAD | |
| 35 | šu-tu\tp-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}PA—še\p-zib {lu₂vy}A.⸢BA⸣ | |
| 2 | ina IGI {1}aš-šur—KAM-eš LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 3 | lu-še\p-bil₂-šu₂ | |
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