CTN 5, ND 2669 (P224456)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2669 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224456 |
| Museum no. | IM 064106 |
| 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 kin[g, my lo]rd: [yo]ur serva[nt] Aššur-ila'i. Good health to the king, my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The [f]orts a[n]d [se]rvants of the ki[n]g, my lord, are we[l]l. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | As to what the kin[g], my [lo]rd, wro[t]e to me: "[Le]t [your] guar[d] be [s]trong." The gods of the king, my lord, have been returned. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 99–o 1414 | Bur-il of Gu[bl]a, a servant of Anu-[...], has deserted [t]o [me]. I am herewith sending him to the k[ing], m[y] lord. (As to) the news of the town of Ba[r-Ur]i, he told me as follows: "They are selling half a (homer of) b[arl]ey fo[r ...] shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515–o 1818 | In a month, each business [day], they are selling one pot of [...] sturgeons [fo]r [...] shekels of silver, one pot of sturgeons in oil for 12 shekels (of silver and) half a [...] for three shekels of si[l]ver [...] each in a month. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | One ox is being sold [for] 500 shekels of silver (and) a purṭû-weapon for sale |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...]...s of ploughs, 30 oxen, ...[...] |
| Obverse [21:23] o 2222– | [...]s ...... |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 23b.e. 23–b.e. 23b.e. 23 | 4 male go[at]s, [x] riding horses [...] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 2525–b.e. 2525 | [In] Marchesvan (VIII), bou[ght slav]es are not bought. [They s]ay: "Let them die." |
| Bottom [3:8] b.e. 2626– | (As to) the stor[ed] grain that is given to the exempts at m[y] disposal, they have one (seah) of stored grain per man. (Should) one have wife [...], she comes out (with) three seahs. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | To deputies [they give] four seahs each. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | ...[.....] comes out |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] the main meadowland of ... |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] the main [meadowl]and of ... |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | massive [...] |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010–r 1515 | He has demolished the cistern [...] and is building it up in its entirety on a massive scale from the main meadowland of Dahinu as far as the [mount]ain pass from where the water flows into the city. |
| Reverse [15:18] r 1616–r 1818 | He has (also) dug a moat – five cubits wide, seven cubits deep – near the outer wall. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | A horse trainer told me this. I am herewith sending [him] to the king, my lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-na\d ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {1}aš-šur—DINGIR-⸢a⸣.a | |
| 3 | lu ⸢DI⸣-mu\p a-na\t LUGAL\dm ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 4 | DI-⸢mu⸣ a-na {⸢uru}bi⸣-ra-a-ti | |
| 5 | ⸢a-na {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-ni⸣ ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 6 | ⸢ša LUGAL EN⸣ iš-⸢pur⸣-an-ni ma-a EN.⸢NUN⸣-[ka] | |
| 7 | ⸢lu da-na-at⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ša\dm LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂⸣-ti\t-ru\pp ŠA₃ ša LUGAL\d EN-ia | |
| 9 | ⸢lu⸣ DUG₃.GA {1}bur—DINGIR ša\dm {uru}⸢gu\d⸣-[ub]-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}ARAD ša\dm {1}a-nu—⸢x⸣+[x x ina] ⸢IGI⸣-[ia] | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-tu₂-⸢uq⸣-ta ina UGU ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢u₂\m-se-bi⸣-la-šu₂\d ṭe₃-mu\p ša\dm {uru}{1}⸢bar⸣—[u₂]-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 13 | ki-⸢i an-ni⸣-u iq\y-ṭi₂-bi-ia ma-a 1/2 {⸢še}PAD⸣ | |
| 14 | ina ⸢ŠA₃ x GIN₂⸣-MEŠ\t KUG.UD i-du\y-nu | |
| 15 | ina ITI\td ⸢UD⸣-a-a ša\dm ma-a-ri | |
| 16 | 01 {dug}ZI.⸢GUR.RA x x⸣ [ina] ⸢ŠA₃ x GIN₂-MEŠ KUG.UD⸣ | |
| 17 | 01 {dug}ZI.GUR.RA\y I₃-MEŠ\p ina ŠA₃ 12 GIN₂-MEŠ\p | |
| 18 | 1/2 ⸢x x x⸣ ina ŠA₃ 03 GIN₂-MEŠ\p ⸢KUG⸣.UD i-du-nu | |
| 19 | 01 GUD [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 05 me GIN₂-MEŠ\p KUG.UD ta-din | |
| 20 | 01 pur-ṭi⸣-e ša\dm ma-a-ri | |
| 21 | ⸢x GA⸣-MEŠ\p ⸢ša⸣ {giš}APIN\m-MEŠ\p 30 GUD-ME hi ⸢ṣir\p⸣ | |
| 22 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ ⸢x x pa⸣-tak-ka-ti ša\dm [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | 04 MAŠ₂-MEŠ x⸣ KUR BAD-HAL-lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 24 | ⸢IGI {lu₂v}x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ bi [x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 25 | [ina] {itid}APIN ša\dm—⸢ŠAM₂⸣-MEŠ la i-⸢ša⸣-[mu] | |
| 26 | [ma]-a li\d-mu-tu₂ {šep}tab-⸢ku\y⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša⸣ a-na za-ke-e ša\dm ina pa-⸢ni-ia⸣ | |
| 2 | i-da\d-nu-ni\d 01 {šep}tab-<ku> ša\dm LU₂ i-šu₂-u [x] | |
| 3 | ša\dm MI₂\d-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ x-ka 3(ban₂) tu-ṣa-⸢a⸣ [(x)] | |
| 4 | a-na 02-u₂\m-⸢ti⸣ 4(ban₂)-a.a ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂\m⸣-ṣa-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] tu-ṣa-a | |
| 6 | x+[x x] UL₃ GAL ša\dm ma-⸢ni⸣-pe-e | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢UL₃⸣ GAL ša\dm ⸢x⸣ ši | |
| 8 | [x] ⸢ša⸣ ha ⸢x⸣ AN ni ⸢x⸣ ni\d | |
| 9 | ⸢x x-li⸣-u ⸢x⸣ up\d-⸢pu⸣-qu | |
| 10 | [x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x] bu\t-⸢u-ur⸣-tu₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x x⸣ up\d-ta-ṭir\m | |
| 12 | gab-bi-šu₂ up\y-pu\t-qu ⸢i⸣-ra\d-ṣip | |
| 13 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ UL₃ GAL ša\dm {⸢uru⸣}da\d-hi-ni | |
| 14 | a-di ne₂\d-ru-bu\py ša\dm ⸢KUR⸣-<e> A-MEŠ\p | |
| 15 | ša\dm ina ŠA₃ URU er-ra\d-bu\py-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 16 | a-na qa-an-ni ⸢ša\dm⸣ šal\d-he-⸢e⸣ | |
| 17 | hi-ri-ṣu ih\d-⸢ru⸣-ṣa | |
| 18 | 05 ina 01 KUŠ₃\m DAGAL 07 ina 01 KUŠ₃\m ru-qu | |
| 19 | ⸢ki-i⸣ an-ni-⸢u {lu₂v}{giš⸣}GIGIR\t iq-ṭi₂-bi-a | |
| 20 | ⸢a-na UGU⸣ LUGAL EN-ia a-sa-⸢bar⸣-[šu₂] | |
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