CTN 5, ND 2757 (P224484)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2757 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224484 |
| Museum no. | IM 064154 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the pala[ce] scribe, my lord: your servant Bel-abu'a. Good health to [m]y lord! The house is very well. The Inner City is well. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | We have fed your house. All the delegates are rejoicing and have blessed my lord. |
| Obverse [11:23] o 1212– | (As to) the waist-be[lts about which m]y lord s]a[id]: "You have not g[iven] (any of them)." There are no waist-belts that my lord likes, the ordinary waist-belts sell for half a mina of silver each. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | As to that waste land, we have not yet got hold of the (purchase) document, (but) Urdu-Allaya [will gi]ve it to you. |
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 {lu₂vy}A⸣.BA\t—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ {lu₂vy}A⸣.BA\t—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ | |
| 2 | EN-ia | |
| 3 | ARAD-ka {1}EN—AD-u-a\d | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a\d-na EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | DI-mu ina E₂ a—dan-niš | |
| 6 | DI-mu ina {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 7 | ina E₂-ka nu-sa-kil | |
| 8 | {lu₂vy}⸢qi₂-ba⸣-MEŠ\m gab-bu | |
| 9 | ir-ri-šu₂ | |
| 10 | a-na EN-ia | |
| 11 | ik\d-⸢tar\t⸣-bu | |
| 12 | {⸢tug₂⸣}ṣi-⸢bir⸣-[a-ti] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | [ša] be-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢iq⸣-[bu]-u-⸢ni⸣ [ma-a] | |
| 15 | ⸢la-a⸣ ta-⸢din⸣-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[tug₂]}⸢ṣi-bir-tu₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ša\tdm ⸢pit⸣-te ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ EN-ia la-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {⸢tug₂⸣}ṣi-bir-a-ti | |
| 5 | ⸢sad⸣-ra\t-te ina ŠA₃ 1/2 ⸢MA⸣.NA-a.a | |
| 6 | KUG.UD i-du-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢ša\y⸣ har-bi\d-te\p am-mi-te | |
| 8 | u₂-di-ni IM da\d-na-ni\d | |
| 9 | la\d-a\d ni-ṣa-bat | |
| 10 | {1}⸢ARAD⸣—al-la\d-a\d.a\d | |
| 11 | [i]-⸢da⸣-na-ka | |
Sources & licences
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