CTN 5, ND 2689 (P224464)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2689 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224464 |
| Museum no. | IM 064119 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Your [serva]nt Nabû-balassu-iqbi: I would gladly die [f]or the king, my lord! May [Na]bû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66–o 1212 | Concerning the clansmen of Dur-ša-Balihaya about whom the king, my lord, wrote, by [Be]l [and Nabû, the god]s of the king, my lord, I do not know (any) sin of theirs. The witnesses did swear (it). |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | (Time) will pass and you will come. Until I send word and whis[per ...] in Dur-ša-Bali[haya] and in the country of [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Eat! I [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | And when [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | and [...] not [...] them |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [M]y arms have [...] I will write [... to] the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | Concerning the previous letter which the king, my lord, sent to me and to which I did not send a reply to the Palace, I did receive the letter from the hands of the messenger, but we did not recognize the names of the people that were written in it (and) I do not know (anything) about them. |
| Reverse [14:21] r 1515– | Isn't it true [wha]t I have [wr]itten to the king, my lord? [Nabû and Mard]uk have granted all the lands [to the ki]ng, my lord. [Ho]w could [the]se people be wrenched aw[ay] from [the ki]ng, my lord? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}⸢d.AG⸣—TIN-su—iq-bi | |
| 2 | [a]-na di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | lul-lik d.⸢AG⸣ u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na | |
| 4 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | ⸢um⸣-ma-⸢a⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂-a-ma | |
| 6 | aš₂-šu₂ ⸢ERIM-x-MEŠ⸣ bi-ti | |
| 7 | ša₂ BAD₃—ša₂—{1}{d}KASKAL.KUR-a-a | |
| 8 | ša₂ LUGAL be-⸢li₂ iš-pu⸣-ra | |
| 9 | [d].⸢EN⸣ [u d.AG DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ ša₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 10 | lu-u₂ ⸢u₂⸣-du-u₂ ki-i | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-ra-šu₂-nu ⸢i-du-u₂⸣ | |
| 12 | ši-⸢bu-te⸣ lu i-⸢ta⸣-mu-u₂ | |
| 13 | il-la-⸢ka⸣ tal-⸢lak⸣-an-ni | |
| 14 | a-di a-šap-⸢pa⸣-ru-ma | |
| 15 | ina BAD₃—ša₂—{1}{d}⸢KASKAL.KUR⸣-[a-a] | |
| 16 | u₃ i-na ⸢KUR⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17 | u₂-la-⸢ah⸣-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-⸢kul al-x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢a x x⸣+[x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | u₃ ki-⸢i x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 4 | u₃ la [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x ša₂]-a-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | a-hi-⸢ia₂⸣ it-[x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [a-na] | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-⸢šap⸣-pa-ra | |
| 7 | aš₂-šu₂ ši-pir-ti mah-ri-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-še-bi-lam-ma | |
| 9 | gab-ra-šu₂ a-na E₂.GAL | |
| 10 | la u₂-še-bi-la ši-pir-ti | |
| 11 | i-na ŠU.2 {⸢lu₂v}A—KIN⸣ {⸢lu₂v}A—KIN⸣ ki-i am-ha-ra-aš₂ | |
| 12 | MU-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ ša₂ ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | šaṭ-ru ul nu-mi-is-si | |
| 14 | a-na UGU-hi ul i-di | |
| 15 | kan-nu-u₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 16 | [ki]-⸢i aš₂⸣-pu-ra šu-u₂ | |
| 17 | [d.AG u {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ KUR.KUR ⸢gab⸣-bi | |
| 18 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ it-tan-nu | |
| 19 | [ak]-⸢ka⸣-a-i ki-i ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | [an]-⸢nu⸣-ti la—pa-an [o] | |
| 21 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢li⸣-hal-li-⸢qu⸣ | |
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