CTN 5, ND 2660 (P224450)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2660 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224450 |
| Museum no. | IM 064099 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nergal-ibni. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The king gave us (the following) order: "Take your (pl.) house(holds) to Huzirina." |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | I have built a house and made my [pe]ople and serv[a]nts enter [th]ere. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [La]st year all us of to whom the king [gav]e o[r]ders |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [...] there was |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 13b.e. 13–b.e. 1414 | [...] house [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [... they re]fuse [to com]e. |
| Reverse [3:10] r 44–r 1010 | [I told] the son of Mubî: "Ta[k]e your [house] to Huzirina," but he did not agree to take it. Whoever has a parental house there, refuses to take it. |
| Reverse [10:17] r 1111– | Those who have previously built houses there refuse to bring them in [and now they] sl[ander] me [and they have de]stroyed [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ—DU₃ [o] | |
| 3 | LUGAL ṭe₃-mu i-sa-⸢kan⸣-[a]-na-ši ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢ma⸣-a E₂-ku-nu | |
| 5 | ina {⸢uru⸣}hu-zir-na ṣa-ba-ta | |
| 6 | E₂ ar-te-ṣi-bi | |
| 7 | ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ-ia {lu₂v}⸢ARAD-MEŠ⸣-ia | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi u₂-se-ri-bi | |
| 9 | [ina] ⸢MU⸣.IM.MA a-ni-<$ni$> | |
| 10 | [am]—mar LUGAL ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu | |
| 11 | [iš]-⸢kun⸣-na-ši-ni | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢i-ba-ši⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | [x x] ⸢E₂ x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | [x x x la i]-⸢ma⸣-gur₂ | |
| 3 | [la il-lak]-u-ni | |
| 4 | [x a]-⸢na⸣ DUMU {1}mu-bi-i | |
| 5 | [muk E₂]-⸢ka⸣ ina {uru}⸢hu⸣-zir-na | |
| 6 | ṣa-⸢ba-ta⸣ la i-ma-⸢gur₂⸣-ru | |
| 7 | a-na ṣa-ba-te | |
| 8 | am—mar E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi-ni la i-ma-gur₂ | |
| 10 | a-na ṣa-ba-ti | |
| 11 | ⸢ša ina⸣ ti-ma-li ša₂-šu-u₂-⸢me⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢E₂⸣-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢u₂-ra-ṣip⸣-u-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | la i-ma-gur₂-ru | |
| 14 | la u₂-⸢še⸣-ra-bu-šu₂-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [u₂-ma-a x x] kar-ṣi-ia | |
| 2 | [e-ku-lu x x uh]-tal-⸢li⸣-qu | |
Sources & licences
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