CTN 5, ND 2686 (P224463)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2686 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224463 |
| Museum no. | IM 064118 |
| 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 k]ing, my lord: you[r] serva[nt] Qurdi-Aššur-lamur. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | Nabû-šezib from Tyre has sent me this sealed Aramaic document, saying: "Let it be sent to the Palace." I have sent it to the Palace. |
| Obverse [7:18] o 88– | [H]i[r]am cut down the sacred tree of his temple on the acropolis of Sidon planning to transport it to Tyre, but I had him deported. The sacred tree that he felled is at the foot of the mountain; it has been smothered [(...)]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Nabû-šezib [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [... H]iram has fallen [into the hands of] his (Nabû-šezib's) [servant]s. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | N[ow] the [...] official has brought out these [...]s. |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | Let the captives who are coming to Immiha set out and come. Their seed is cultivated; they should come to their sickles. |
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] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {1}qur-di—aš-šur—IGI | |
| 3 | ka-ni-ku an-ni-tu₂ {kur}ar₂-mi-tu₂ | |
| 4 | {1}{d}PA—še-zib ⸢TA@v⸣ ŠA₃-bi {uru}ṣur-ri | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂⸣-se-bi-⸢la⸣ ma-a ina E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | ⸢lu-še⸣-bi-lu-ši ina E₂.GAL | |
| 7 | [u₂]-se-bi-la-še | |
| 8 | {1}⸢hi-ru⸣-mu e-qu | |
| 9 | ša E₂—DINGIR-ni-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂—DINGIR-ni-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ša SAG {uru}ṣi-du-u-ni | |
| 11 | i-ti-kis ma-a a-na {uru}ṣur-ri | |
| 12 | la-an-tu₂-uh a-⸢sa⸣-par | |
| 13 | u₂-sa-ag-li-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 14 | e-qu ša i-⸢ki-su⸣-u-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ina GIR₃ KUR-e ⸢šu⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 16 | ha-ni-qi [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}PA—še-zib i-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x {1}⸢hi-ru⸣-mu [ina ŠU.2 | |
| 3 | {[lu₂v}ARAD]-MEŠ-šu₂ i-tu₂-⸢qut⸣ | |
| 4 | an-[nu-rig x x]-⸢te⸣ an-nu-tu₂ | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x] u₂-se-ṣi | |
| 6 | hu-ub-tu₂ ⸢ša⸣ a-na {uru}im-mi-⸢i⸣-ha | |
| 7 | il-la-ka-a-ni lu-⸢nam-mi-ša₂⸣ | |
| 8 | lil-li-ka {še}NUMUN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | a-ri-iš ina UGU | |
| 10 | in-gal-li-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | lil-li-ku-u₂-ni | |
Sources & licences
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