CTN 5, ND 2767 (P224488)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2767 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224488 |
| Museum no. | IM 064160 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | NN [......] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | has come [.... Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | to letter[s ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | are empty ...[ ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | concerni[ng t]he horse[s ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | on the bo[rder o]f [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | in the city of [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I [......] |
| Obverse [11:16] o 12'12'–o 16'16' | I am waiting for ...[... ...] ...[.... Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [t]he messe[nger and ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | bot[h ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | killed [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | surround[ed ...] |
| Reverse [4:11] r 5'5'–r 11'11' | saying: "They were not the people of Dannaya [who] plundered my sheep but the people of Arzâ plund[er]ed them." The king my lord kn[ows that] until I have called the harve[sters, ...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | it-tal\d-⸢ka⸣ [i—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 5' | i-qab-bi ma-[a x x x] | |
| 6' | a-na e-gir-⸢a⸣-[te x x x] | |
| 7' | ra\d-qu ⸢bi⸣-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | ina ⸢UGU {anše⸣}KUR.RA-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 9' | ina ⸢ta-hu⸣-[u-me] ⸢ša {kur⸣}[x x] | |
| 10' | ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | a-⸢na\d-ku⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12' | pa-an ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | a\d-⸢da-gal bi⸣-[x i—su-ri LUGAL EN] | |
| 14' | i-qab\y-bi ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}A—⸢KIN⸣ {⸢lu₂vy⸣}A—⸢KIN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ki-la-⸢li⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-du-⸢ku u₂\d⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂\m-⸢sa⸣-al-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a la\d {lu₂vy}⸢KALAG-a-a⸣ [ša] | |
| 6' | UDU-MEŠ-⸢e⸣-a ih-bu-[tu₂-ni] | |
| 7' | ma-a {uru}ar\d-za-a-[a o] | |
| 8' | ih-ta-⸢ba⸣-[tu₂-šu₂-nu] | |
| 9' | LUGAL\d be-li₂ u₂\m-[da ki-i] | |
| 10' | a-di {lu₂vy}e-⸢ṣa⸣-[di x x] | |
| 11' | la aq-ru-u-[ni x x x] | |
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