CTN 5, ND 2668 (P224455)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2668 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224455 |
| Museum no. | IM 064105 |
| 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, my lord: yo]ur servant [NN]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | At this very moment [I] am sending off the [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | ... the city of ... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] ... 20 minas of silver |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | ...... 8 mi[n]as of silver |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] of [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Grand total: 30 min[as of silver] instead of the silver [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | in the cu[stom] house [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Ag]ain [......] |
| Reverse [1:10] r 2'2'–r 10'10' | Right now [...] so[ldiers] have br[oken] their treaty with [the king of] Damascus and are going to Hamath; from among them ... have been arrested atop Qadeš, and I am right now sending them to the Palace. They are good archers. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD\p-⸢ka⸣ {1}x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | a-⸢nu-rig⸣ [x x x a]-⸢sap⸣-ra\d | |
| 4 | [x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢x x⸣ IGI URU ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x] ša\dm ⸢x⸣ 20 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ u ⸢x⸣ ra 08 ⸢MA.NA KUG⸣.UD | |
| 8 | ⸢x x x ša x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9 | PAB-⸢ma 30 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD x x] | |
| 10 | ku-um KUG.UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ina E₂—⸢ka⸣-[a-ri E₂—⸢ka⸣-[a-ri x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢tu⸣-ra [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣-nu-rig\t 20 ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 3' | a-⸢de⸣-e-šu₂-nu TA@v\m [x x x] | |
| 4' | {uru}di-maš-⸢qi⸣ ih-[ti-ṭi₂-u₂] | |
| 5' | ina {kur}ha-ma-⸢te⸣ i-lu\dm-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 6' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi HI UZ\d | |
| 7' | ina SAG {uru}⸢qi⸣-di-si u₂\m-ṣa-bi-[tu] | |
| 8' | a-nu-rig\t ina E₂.GAL | |
| 9' | u₂\pm-se-bi-la-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | {lu₂v}ma-hi-ṣa-ni SIG\d-MEŠ\m šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
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