CTN 5, ND 2674 (P224458)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2674 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224458 |
| Museum no. | IM 064111 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [To NN, my brother: thus says NN, your brother. Good] health [to you]! Sa[y to my brother]: |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | As to what my brother wrote: "[NN] ha[s] hear[d] the news [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | whatever Mukin-zeri [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | but you provi[ded] shelter [for me ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] not [... a]nything to Bit-... |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | As to what my brother wrote: "What is the news of the land that they discussed with you? Outline it and write to me!" |
| Obverse [9:17] o 10'10'–o 17'17' | Earlier Nabû-naṣir [w]rote to the king: "Mukin-zeri has moved horses up from the Borsippa gate against Babylon, so nobody can leave Babylon, and we cannot cultivate (our fields)." After that the king wrote: "Make peace between Babylon and Borsippa!" |
| Obverse [17:20] o 18'18'–o 20'20' | I and the chieftains of Chaldea went and brought out the horses from Borsippa |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] Babylon and Borsippa |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [......] household |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] Thereafter, the son of [Y]akin |
| Reverse [2:10] r 33–r 1010 | [...] rushed in with the treaty tablet of the son of Yakin in his hands, saying: "Who is it that [......] and will [t]ake the treaty tablet of the [so]n of Yakin to the Palace and take a copy of the tablet to the king? Budana is te[ll]ing lies to the king of Assyria, the gov[er]nor and the [...]!" |
| Reverse [10:21] r 1111–r 2121 | When I wrote (to the king), saying: "May the king, [my lord], confirm the treaty and [send] a copy to the son of Yakin!", [NN] renounced the [...]s and [wrote] to me: "Write to the king of Assyria: The Palace has sent the treaty back to the son of Yakin," I refused to write a second time to the king of Assyria. Now, if the Palace has (indeed) returned the [trea]ty to the son of Yakin, I shall send the tablet to the king and the house of my brother in the hands of Inurta-ila'i; and if it has not returned it, I shall write to the king, and he should do whatever the king [...s]. |
| Reverse [21:24] r 2222–r 2424 | Iddin-[ahi and NN] have [...]ed, saying: "[...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [lu]-⸢u šul⸣-mu ⸢um-ma⸣-[a ŠEŠ-ia-a-ma] | |
| 2' | ša₂ ⸢ŠEŠ-u₂⸣-a iš-pu-ra um-[ma x x x] | |
| 3' | ṭe₃-e-mi il-⸢ti⸣-[me x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢mim⸣-mu-⸢u₂⸣ {1}GIN—NUMUN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢u₃ GIŠ⸣.MI tal-⸢tak⸣-[na x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢ul⸣ a-⸢šak-kan⸣ še ⸢ta ma x x ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢mim⸣-ma ⸢a-na E₂ x x x⸣ ul ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ša₂⸣ ŠEŠ-u₂-a iš-pu-ra ⸢um⸣-ma ⸢mi-nu-u₂⸣ | |
| 9' | ṭe₃-e-mi ša₂ KUR ⸢it⸣-ti-ka id-bu-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 10' | mus-si-ma šup-ra i-na ⸢mah⸣-ri-i | |
| 11' | {1}d.AG—ŠEŠ-ir a-na ⸢LUGAL il⸣-tap-ra um-ma | |
| 12' | {1}GIN—NUMUN {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ ša₂ KA₂—BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 13' | a-na UGU TIN.TIR{ki} ki-i ⸢u₂⸣-še-⸢lu⸣-u₂ | |
| 14' | mam-ma ul-tu TIN.TIR{ki} ul uṣ-ṣi-ma | |
| 15' | e-re-šu₂ ul ni-ri-iš ar₂-ki-šu₂ | |
| 16' | LUGAL ⸢il⸣-tap-ra um-ma ina bi-⸢rit⸣ | |
| 17' | TIN.TIR{ki} u BAR₂.SIPA{ki} ⸢sul⸣-lim | |
| 18' | a-na-ku u₃ {lu₂v}ra-ša₂-a-nu ša₂ {lu₂v}kal-du | |
| 19' | ⸢ki-i⸣ ni-⸢il⸣-li-⸢ku⸣ {anše}⸢KUR.RA⸣-MEŠ-nu | |
| 20' | ul-tu BAR₂.SIPA{⸢ki⸣} nu-ul-te-ṣa-a | |
| 21' | [x x]+⸢x x x TIN.TIR⸣{ki} u ⸢BAR₂⸣.SIPA{ki} | |
| 22' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣-e ⸢bi-ti⸣ | |
| 23' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-qu-u₂-tu₂ x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x ar₂⸣-ki-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—{1}⸢ia-ki-nu⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x]+⸢x ṭup-pi a-de-e ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-⸢ki⸣-nu | |
| 4 | ⸢ina ŠU⸣-šu₂ ⸢u₂-ri-ha um-ma man⸣-nu ⸢šu₂-u₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂ la x x x-ma x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢u₃ DUB a-de-e ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ina E₂.GAL⸣ [i]-⸢na-aš₂-šu₂⸣-[u₂] ⸢u₃ GABA.RI ṭup-pi⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢a-na LUGAL i-na-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ {1}bu-da-na pir-ṣa⸣-ta | |
| 9 | ⸢it-ti⸣ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ⸢it⸣-ti {⸢lu₂}ša₂-kin₂⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢it-ti x x x id-da⸣-[ab]-⸢bu-ub-ma⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢ki-i aš₂-pu-ru um-ma LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] ⸢a⸣-de-e ⸢lu-kin⸣ GABA.RI | |
| 12 | ⸢a-na DUMU⸣—{1}ia-⸢ki-i-nu⸣ [liš-pur x x]+⸢x x x-a⸣-ti | |
| 13 | ⸢it-ta-di⸣ u ia-a-⸢ši⸣ [x x x]+⸢x um⸣-ma | |
| 14 | ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{ki} šup-⸢ra um-ma E₂.GAL⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢a-de-e a-na DUMU⸣—{1}⸢ia⸣-GIN tu₂-tir ⸢a-na-ku⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢ul a⸣-man-gur um-ma ša₂-⸢ni-tu a-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki⸣} | |
| 17 | ⸢ul a-šap⸣-par en-na ki-i ⸢E₂.GAL⸣ [a-de]-e | |
| 18 | ⸢a-na DUMU⸣—{1}⸢ia⸣-GIN tu₂-tir-⸢ru DUB ina ŠU⸣ | |
| 19 | {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a-a a-na LUGAL u₃ E₂ ŠEŠ-ia⸣ | |
| 20 | a-šap-pa-ra ⸢u₃ ki-i la⸣ tu₂-tir-ru | |
| 21 | a-na ⸢LUGAL a-šap-pa-ram-ma⸣ mim-mu-[u₂] | |
| 22 | ša₂ LUGAL ⸢x x x li-pu-uš⸣ {1}SUM-[na—ŠEŠ u₃] | |
| 23 | {1}⸢x-ku x a x x x⸣ um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 24 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
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