CTN 5, ND 2761 (P224486)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2761 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224486 |
| Museum no. | IM 064157 |
| 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: your servant] A[ššu]r-šallimanni. [Good] health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | As to the news of the king of Elam, he has crossed (the river) and has set on the bridge. He had heard that the governor of Arrapha had come to Der and turned Zineni back from the bridge. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | (But) now Zineni and his whole army have finished crossing over (the bridge) after him. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313–o 1818 | From the bridge he has gone inside the forest of Adad-mukin-apli and set (camp) amidst the Arameans. [I went] from De[r] as far as the bridge, fastened soil o[n the bridge] and moved up [troops in there]. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | I went [to ... and said] to the [...] |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121– | before you [......] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | As the ki[ng, my lord, commanded], I shall fini[sh] the fort and [move up] troops in the[re]. Those in Der [are ...]. |
| Reverse [3:12] r 44–r 1212 | I have sent a messenger to the [Vizier]; he has not yet come (back) [to me]. Amel-Illil has delivered the let[ters] which the king, my lord, sen[t to me]. He has not y[et] come (back) but as soon as he co[mes], I shall send t[o] the king, my lord, whatever news there is. |
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 be-li₂]-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢aš-šur⸣—DI-an-ni | |
| 3 | [lu-u] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na\d LUGAL be-li₂\d-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ina UGU-hi ṭe₃-mi ša\td LUGAL {kur}NIM\d.MA | |
| 5 | e-ti-bir ina UGU-hi giš-ri\d i-sak\m-na\d | |
| 6 | i-se-me ma-a\d {lu₂v}EN.NAM\dd ša\td {urud}arrap-ha | |
| 7 | a\d-na\d {urud}de-ri\d it-tal\d-ka\d | |
| 8 | {1}zi-ne₂\d-e\d-ni TA\m UGU-hi | |
| 9 | giš-ri\d u₂\m-sa-hi-ra\p u₂\m-ma-a | |
| 10 | {1}zi-ne₂\d-e-ni a\d-di {lu₂v}e-mu-⸢qe\t⸣-e-šu₂ | |
| 11 | gab-bu\d ug\dp-da\d-ta-me-ru\d | |
| 12 | i—da\d-tu\tp-uš\d-šu₂\d i—da\d-tu\tp-uš\d-šu₂\d e-tab-ru\d | |
| 13 | TA\m UGU giš-ri\d ŠA₃ GIŠ-MEŠ\m {1}10—GIN—A | |
| 14 | it\d-ta-lak ina ŠA₃-bi\d {lu₂v}a-⸢ri-me⸣ | |
| 15 | i-sak-na\d TA\m {uru}de-[ri] | |
| 16 | a-du ŠA₃-bi giš-ri\d [at-ta-lak] | |
| 17 | kaq-qu-ru\d ina ⸢UGU⸣ [giš-ri\d] | |
| 18 | ur-ta-kis {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ERIM-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 19 | u₂-še-e-li\ttd [x x x x] | |
| 20 | at-ta-lak ina LU₂~v [x x x x] | |
| 21 | ina pa-na\d-⸢tu\t-ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ki-i⸣ ša\tdm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂ x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {uru}bir-tu₂ ⸢u₂-gam⸣-[mar] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [u₂-še-e-li] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ ina {uru}de-ri\d [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN\t {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN\t ina UGU {⸢lu₂v⸣}[SUKKAL] | |
| 6 | a-⸢sap⸣-ra u₂\m-⸢di⸣-[ni ina pa-ni-ia] | |
| 7 | la il\yt-la-ka e\d-⸢gir⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 8 | ša\td LUGAL be-li₂ u₂\m-še-⸢bil⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 9 | {1}LU₂~v—{d}BE it\d-tu\tp-bil₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[di-ni] | |
| 10 | ⸢la⸣ il\yt-la-ka ki-ma it\d-⸢tal⸣-[ka] | |
| 11 | mi-nu ša\td ṭe₃-mu\d-un-ni\d [o] | |
| 12 | a-[na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂\d-ia₂ a-šap\m-pa-ra | |
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