CTN 5, ND 2716 (P224472)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2716 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224472 |
| Museum no. | IM 064131 |
| 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 king, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Qurdi-Aššur. Go[od he]alth to the kin[g], my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [Ever since the kin]g, my lord, appointed me here, the [...s] appointed [...] ov[er m]e. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...... DN]-ila'i |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [...... A]s to what I wrote to him: "[...] the town of Helbon |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | [......]... refused [to ...... but w]e[n]t |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1616–o 1717 | [......] Nabû-bani says: "[...] I am not involved in it. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] read(s) now [...] the king |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1919–o 2121 | [......] towers [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...]... says: "The town of [......] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [I swear] I do not give [t]he orchards of the villages [of] Helb[on to a]nybody! If good orchards have turned [in]to wasteland, [let] the king [cal]l m[e] to account. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | Now, if [s]omebody again opens [his mouth] with me [......, the king, my lord, sho]uld know (this) |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] the king |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] the commander-in-chief |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] if |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] the governor |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [......] to me |
| Reverse [12:15] r 13'13'–r 15'15' | ...[...... By the god]s of the king, [ver]ily [......] know [...] the king [......] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...... N]ow the king, my lord |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'–r 19'19' | [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[......] of the king |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [......] that he |
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\d be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}qur-di—aš-šur | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI⸣-mu a-na\t ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [TA@v E₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ a\d-⸢na\t-ka⸣ ip-⸢qi⸣-da\d-ni-ni | |
| 5 | [x x]+⸢x a⸣ u₂ ⸢i-na UGU-ia⸣ ip-taq-du | |
| 6 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣ BAR ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x {1}[x]+⸢x⸣—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 7 | [x x x x i]-⸢na⸣ UGU ⸢ša\dd⸣ aš₂-⸢pu\t⸣-ra-šu₂-ni | |
| 8 | [nu-uk x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}hu-ul-⸢bu-na⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x pu-ut la i⸣-ma-gur₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢it-tal-ku⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ba\t-i⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x {1}{d]}AG—ba\t-⸢ni⸣ ma-⸢a⸣ | |
| 17 | [x]+⸢x i-na\t UGU⸣-hi la ša\dd-⸢ak-na\y⸣-ku | |
| 18 | [x]+⸢x ki a-kan⸣-ni\d ⸢i-sa⸣-si [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] LUGAL\d | |
| 19 | [x x x x x] ⸢i-si-ta\mm-te⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢na\t šu₂\d x x ma⸣-a URU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [šum₂\p-mu\p] {⸢giš⸣}SAR\p-MEŠ\m ša\dd URU-ME-⸢ni\d⸣ [ša\dd] {⸢uru}hu⸣-ul-⸢bu⸣-[na] | |
| 3' | [a-na] ⸢me⸣-me-ni a-da\d-nu-u-ni šum₂\p-mu\p SIG₅-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [šum₂\p-mu\p a]-na\y har-bi-te i-tu\d-ra\y LUGAL\d ina ŠU.2-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5' | [lu]-⸢ba-i⸣ u₂-ma-a šum₂\p-mu u₂-⸢sa⸣-ni-⸢ʾa⸣ | |
| 6' | [pi-i-šu₂] ⸢me⸣-me-ni ⸢i-si-ia ip⸣-ti\t-te | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢lu⸣ u₂-da\d | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x] LUGAL\d | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x {lu₂]}tur-ta-nu | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ šu₂ šum₂\p-mu | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}EN.NAM\d | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x a]-na\y a.a-ši | |
| 13' | [x]+⸢x⸣ ka ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣ [DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ-ni⸣ ša\dd ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 14' | ⸢šum₂⸣-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ u₂-du | |
| 15' | [x] ⸢LUGAL\d x x x⸣ [x x x x] ta x nu | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x u₂]-⸢ma⸣-a LUGAL\d ⸢EN⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-za | |
| 18' | [i—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢i⸣-qa-bi | |
| 19' | ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ ša\dd LUGAL\d | |
| 20' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 21' | ⸢ki-i⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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