CTN 5, ND 2675 (P224459)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2675 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224459 |
| Museum no. | IM 064112 |
| 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 [2:9] o 3'3'–o 9'9' | [As to the order] that the king, my lord, gave me: "Break the [f]allow [g]round and [c]ut the hay" - [the f]allow ground has been broke[n] and two cubits high hay has been cut. All the corn and rice has been harv[ested. Real]ly, I ...[......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | one homer of sesame oil to [......]... |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Ṣabu-d[amqu ...] the fo[r]t [...]... |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... o]f the Arsazaeans [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | each [x] cubits to the four directions. |
| Obverse [13:17] o 14'14'–o 17'17' | 6 depots of broad bricks for 6 towers, 10 brick (depots of) broad bricks for 4 tow[er]s (and) 10 (depots of) bricks before the city wall for ... each 20 cubits (10 m) betw[een] them. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | (Of) the neare[st] tower befo[re the ga]te, 6 cubits of each wall set has been [l]aid down. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | They have been given from [the ... of NN] |
| Obverse [20:26] o 21'21'–o 26'26' | I have [...ed] his fi[e]ld. Much |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | each 20 (10 m) cubits between them |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | 10 good ...s, ...s [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | 20 ...[s ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | I have settled the ... of ...... |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | Ever since I have ... these ...s, the ... ...... from them to them. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | ... they ... [......]. |
| Reverse [14:17] r 15'15'–r 17'17' | I seized the cornfield and [...ed it] upon [...]. The harvest was good, the field has not ye[t] been cultivated. The king, my lord, should rule that [Nab]û-u[... ...]. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'–r 19'19' | The k[i]ng, my lord, should order the Arsazaean(s) [...] to deliver the seed corn [t]his year. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 20'20'–r 21'21' | [......]...s [...] |
| Reverse [21:23] r 22'22'–r 23'23' | [......] the land of M[u...] |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | [PN] holds [... in Har]ran. Ṣabu-damqu [...]... Let the king, my lord, ask [NN]. Ahu-... ...... [...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] I [... x mi]nas from the Inner City (and) [x m]inas [fr]om Arbel[a ...] |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | [...] indebted country. [Let] the [royal] bodyguard [......] |
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' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [ina UGU ṭe₃-me] ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ EN ⸢iš\y-ku⸣-na\d-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4' | [ma-a] ⸢ka-ra-ap⸣-hi ma-ah-ha-ṣa | |
| 5' | [ma]-a pu-u₂\m-e ⸢na-ki⸣-si | |
| 6' | ⸢ka⸣-ra-ap-hi mah-ṣu 02 KUŠ₃ | |
| 7' | ⸢pu⸣-u₂-e\d ⸢na\td⸣-ak\t-su\t ŠE gab-bu | |
| 8' | {še}LIL-MEŠ\m i-⸢ta⸣-ṣa-⸢du ket⸣-tu₂ | |
| 9' | a\d-na-ku ⸢ŠEŠ⸣ [x]+⸢x x te⸣ [x x] ma\d | |
| 10' | 01 ANŠE {še}GIŠ.I₃ a-na\d ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x ṣi x⸣ | |
| 11' | {1}ERIM—⸢SIG₅⸣ {uru}⸢bir-tu\tm x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ri ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 12' | [x] ⸢ša⸣ {kur}⸢ar⸣-sa-za-a\d.a\d ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 13' | ⸢x⸣-[a].a\d ina 01 KUŠ₃\m a\d-na 04 IM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 14' | 06 [o] E₂.SIG₄\m ⸢DAGAL\d⸣ 06 ⸢i-si⸣-ta-a-te | |
| 15' | 10 SIG₄ ⸢DAGAL\d⸣ 04 i-⸢si⸣-[ta-a]-te | |
| 16' | 10 SIG₄ ša\dm pa-an ⸢BAD₃\p⸣ a\d-⸢na x x⸣ par ⸢x⸣ | |
| 17' | 20-a\d.a\d ina 01 KUŠ₃\m ina bi\d-⸢ir-tuš-ši⸣-na | |
| 18' | i-si-tu qa-ri\d-⸢ib⸣-[tu₂ ša₂] ⸢IGI KA₂⸣ | |
| 19' | 06 ina 01 KUŠ₃\m-TA@v\m.⸢AM₃ E₂.SIG₄\m kar-ru⸣ | |
| 20' | TA@v\m UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣ ri\d SUM-nu ⸢x⸣ | |
| 21' | A\d.⸢ŠA₃.GA-šu₂⸣ a\d-[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a-⸢da\md⸣ | |
| 22' | a\d [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 23' | [x x x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 24' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x x x x] aʾ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 26' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢x x x e x x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 6' | 20-a-a ina 01 KUŠ₃\m ina ⸢bi⸣-ir-⸢tuš-ši⸣-na\d [o] | |
| 7' | 10 ⸢x x SIG₅ x x x MEŠ x x⸣+[x] | |
| 8' | 20 ⸢ANŠE x x x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x x gi⸣ [x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x ARAD⸣ ⸢x⸣ šu₂ ⸢x x x⸣ bi ša₂ ru\d ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10' | ša₂ KUR ⸢x x ab x pa x⸣ u₂\m-se-še-bi\d-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 11' | TA E₂ ⸢uš\d-x-x⸣-a-⸢te⸣ an-na\d-⸢a⸣-te | |
| 12' | ⸢ar-x x x⸣ {lu₂vm}⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 13' | TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃⸣-šu₂-nu <$ina$> ŠA₃-šu₂-nu ⸢LU₂~v\y x <x> el x⸣ | |
| 14' | a\d-⸢na\t IGI.2 šu₂-nu ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 15' | {še}NUMUN\d-⸢MEŠ a⸣-ṣa-⸢bat⸣ ina UGU pi-⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 16' | e\d-bu\m-⸢ru x⸣ SIG₅ {še}⸢NUMUN-MEŠ u₂-di⸣-[ni] | |
| 17' | ⸢la⸣ a\d-ri-⸢ši LUGAL⸣ EN ⸢liš-pur⸣ {1}{d}⸢AG—u₂⸣-[x] | |
| 18' | ⸢x x x⸣ u₂\m ⸢x⸣ ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e\d-mu | |
| 19' | liš\y-kun {⸢kur}ar-sa-za-a⸣-a ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 20' | MU.⸢AN.NA⸣ [an]-⸢ni⸣-tu₂ {še}⸢NUMUN⸣ SUM-⸢nu x⸣ [x] | |
| 21' | ⸢x x x x x x⸣-qa\d-MEŠ is ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 22' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ {kur}⸢mu x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-⸢ra-na⸣ u₂-⸢kal⸣ {1}ERIM—⸢SIG₅ x⸣ a\d ⸢x-lu a\d⸣-na\d [o] | |
| 2 | {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL\dm EN liš\d-a\d-la {1}PAB—⸢x u₂-x x⸣-ri [x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x MA].NA\d TA@v\m {uru}ŠA₃—URU ⸢a x x x x MA.NA TA@v⸣ arba-⸢il₃ x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] KUR ha-bil\d-te {lu₂vm}qur-⸢bu-tu₂ ša₂⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
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