CTN 5, ND 2717 (P224473)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2717 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224473 |
| Museum no. | IM 064132 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | [......] I s[ai]d: "Why (is it that) the k[ing has com]e out (but) you are staying at home? The force[s] of the Palace are there." |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [They said]: "We will not go [ther]e (against Mukin-zeri)." They are very much afraid of him. They will not go inside the area [at any conditi]on. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | I shall go to them [...]. Mukin-zeri [has en]camped [be]fore me and (is) between (me) and them. I cannot proceed to them, and, therefore, we cannot unite with one another. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 9'9'–o 15'15' | I sent Yasubaya with cavalry [to] them (with the following message): "Go and tell them to come out. 'Wh[y] are [y]ou [s]taying at home? If you do not go to the territory of Mukin-zeri, come as far as Marad. I shall myself come from here and unite with you.'" |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | Yasubaya wen[t] and told them (my message) but they refused to come out. |
| Obverse [17:25] o 18'18'–o 25'25' | Yasubaya came back and told me their news, saying: "They say: ‘If the troops really [c]ome, we will see them and we will come out from there; otherwise if the troops do [not] come, we will certainly not com[e ou]t. We will stay [in] the town [unt]il we will see the troops.'" |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | [This] was their news. [......] |
| Obverse [26:29] o 27'27'– | They [will] surely no[t] fight [or] go [into th]eir [midst ......] |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 29'b.e. 29'– | [The kin]g, my lord, will [... I am (now) se]nding them [to the king, my lord]. I [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1010–r 1010 | saying: "Wha[t ...]? You gi[ve ...]... their work [...]? |
| Reverse [3:9] r 1111–r 1616 | All the Arameans who were in Sapia c[am]e with Mukin-zeri, and when Mukin-zeri [cam]e out of Sapi[a], he plundered the shee[p] of Lara[k] alo[ng] his route. (But when) the sheep of Mukin-zeri were grazing in Buharru the Larakeans went and plundered about 10,000 sheep of Mukin-zeri. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1717–r 1919 | News of Babylon: Mukin-zeri has said to the citizens of Babylon: "Come away with me to kill the date palms of Dilbat!" |
| Reverse [12:15] r 2020–r 2222 | The citizens of Babylon refused to go with him but the oblates of Bel went with him. |
| Reverse [15:18] r 2323–r 2525 | News [o]f the governor of Nippur: He came to me on the 3rd of Tishri (VII) and three chariots, cavalry and 500 archers [c]ame with him. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 2626–r 2727 | Concerning the Arameans about whom [the king, my lord, w]rot[e] t[o m]e: "Write down (their details) and send (the letter) to me!" |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2828–r 2828 | [......]s, an Aramean woman, five [...] |
| Reverse [21:23] r 2929–r 3030 | Perh[aps the king], my [lo]rd will say: "[......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] the governor of Arrapha to the ci[ty of ......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] I am s[ending (my) le]tt[e]r to the king, my lord [...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] the messenger of the king, my lord, [...] to him [......] |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | let [the messenger of the king, my lord], bring him/it to me [......] |
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⸣-nu ⸢mu-uk a-ta-a LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2' | [it-tu]-⸢ṣi⸣ at-⸢tu⸣-nu ina E₂ kam-mu-sa-⸢ku-nu⸣ | |
| 3' | [mu-uk] {lu₂v}e-mu-⸢qi⸣ ša E₂.GAL ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4' | [ma-a ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ la ni-il-lak pa-al-hu-šu a—dan-niš | |
| 5' | [la-aš₂]-⸢šu₂⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ la il-lu-ku a-na-ku | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na pa-ni-šu₂-nu lal-lik {1}GIN—NUMUN | |
| 7' | [ina pa]-⸢na⸣-tu-u-a ina bi-ri\dd-tu-uš-šu₂-nu ma-dak-tu₂ | |
| 8' | [ša₂-ki]-⸢in⸣ la il-lak ina UGU-šu₂-nu la e-ti-qi | |
| 9' | i-sa-hi-ii-ši i-sa-hi-ii-ši la ⸢nu-sa-ta⸣-mah {1}ia-su-ba-a.a | |
| 10' | ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi BAD-HAL-⸢li⸣ [ina] UGU-šu₂-nu a-sap-ra mu-uk | |
| 11' | a-⸢lak qi₂⸣-ba-[aš₂]-šu₂-nu ⸢lu⸣-u-ṣu-u₂-ni mu-uk | |
| 12' | a-ta-[a] ina E₂ ⸢kam⸣-mu-sa-⸢ku⸣-nu mu-uk šum₂-ma | |
| 13' | ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi {1}GIN—NUMUN la tal-⸢la⸣-ka mu-uk | |
| 14' | a-⸢di⸣ {uru}ma-rad al-ka-ni mu-uk ana-ku | |
| 15' | TA@v ⸢an⸣-na-ka lal-li-⸢ka⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi-ku-nu | |
| 16' | lu-⸢sa⸣-me-eh ⸢it⸣-ta-⸢lak⸣ {1}ia-su-⸢ba⸣-a.a | |
| 17' | iq-ṭi-ba-aš₂-šu₂-nu la i-ma-gur₂-u-ni la u₂-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 18' | {1}ia-su-ba-a.⸢a⸣ i-su-hu-ra it-tal-ka | |
| 19' | ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu iq-ṭi-bi-a ma-a i-da-bu-ub | |
| 20' | ma-a šum₂-ma {lu₂v}e-mu-qi i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 21' | ⸢it⸣-tal-ku-u-ni ne₂-ta-mar ma-a TA@v ŠA₃-bi | |
| 22' | [(x)] nu-ṣa-a ma-a u₂-la-a {lu₂v}e-mu-qi | |
| 23' | [la] il-li-ku-u-ni ma-a la-aš₂-šu₂ la nu-⸢ṣa-a⸣ | |
| 24' | [ina] URU nu-kal-la kam-mu-sa-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 25' | [EN] ⸢E₂⸣ {lu₂v}e-mu-⸢qi⸣ ne₂-em-ma-⸢ru⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 26' | [an-ni-u] šu₂-u₂ ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 27' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ la-aš₂-šu₂ qa-ra-bu ⸢la⸣ [up-pu-šu₂] | |
| 28' | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ la il-lu-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 29' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ u₂-še-⸢x⸣+[x x a-na LUGAL] | |
| 30' | [u₂-se]-⸢bi⸣-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu ana-ku [x x x x] | |
| 31' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 32' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 8 | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ki ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | ma-a mi-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-za-qa dul-⸢la⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | ta-⸢da⸣-[an] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]-šu₂ am—mar {lu₂v}a-ru-mu-u₂ | |
| 12 | ša ina {uru}⸢sa⸣-pi-ia TA@v {1}GIN—NUMUN ⸢it-tal⸣-ku-u-ni | |
| 13 | {1}GIN—NUMUN ⸢ki⸣-i TA@v {uru}sa-pi-⸢ia⸣ [u₂]-⸢ṣa⸣-ni | |
| 14 | ina ⸢šid⸣-[di] KASKAL-šu₂ ⸢UDU-MEŠ ša⸣ UD.UD-⸢ak⸣{[ki]} ih-ta-bat | |
| 15 | ⸢UDU-MEŠ ša⸣ {1}⸢GIN⸣—NUMUN ina {uru}bu-ha-⸢ru⸣ e-ku-lu | |
| 16 | {lu₂v}UD.UD-ak{⸢ki⸣}a-a it-tal-ku UDU-MEŠ 10 lim | |
| 17 | ša {1}GIN—NUMUN ih-tab-tu-u-ni ṭe₃-mu ša | |
| 18 | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} {1}GIN—NUMUN a-na DUMU-MEŠ—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU-MEŠ—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 19 | iq-ṭi-bi ma-⸢a⸣ i-si-ia a-⸢ta⸣-ka-ni ma-a | |
| 20 | {giš}GIŠIMMAR ša dil-bat{ki} du-ka la i-ma-gu-ru | |
| 21 | DUMU-MEŠ—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU-MEŠ—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} i-si-šu₂ la il-lu-ku | |
| 22 | {lu₂v}ši-ir-ki ša EN i-si-šu₂ it-tal-ku | |
| 23 | ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu ⸢ša {lu₂v}GU₂⸣.EN.NA UD 03-KAM₂ ša {iti}DUL | |
| 24 | ⸢a-na pa⸣-ni-ia₂ it-tal-ka 03 {giš}GIGIR | |
| 25 | {⸢anše⸣}BAD-HAL-lu 05 me {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ {giš}BAN i-si-šu₂ | |
| 26 | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni TA@v UGU {lu₂v}a-ri-me ša | |
| 27 | [LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢iš-pur-an-ni⸣ ma-a šu-ṭur še-bi-la | |
| 28 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x]-MEŠ {mi₂}ar-me-te 05 | |
| 29 | [x x x] i—su-[ri LUGAL be]-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 30 | [ma-a x x] ⸢ti x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ e | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša {uru}arrap-ha a-na {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x e]-⸢gir₂-tu⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-⸢se⸣-[bi-la x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ina UGU-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [o] ina UGU-ia lu-bi-⸢la⸣-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
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