CTN 5, ND 2769 (P224489)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2769 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224489 |
| Museum no. | IM 064161 |
| 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 Inurta-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Take care of the oxen of the Palace in your charge!" |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | The oxen of mine that were assigned to my charge by the Palace are very many. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | [I] have been petitioning to the king, my lord, telling him that I have no fodder store. |
| Obverse [12:22] o 1313– | (The towns) Gilgimê and Kunanê are/were my fodder stores, but [B]el-Harran-šarru-uṣur has [...] tak[en] their [... f]rom the meadows (and) has [...ed] the utensils [in the to]wns Ilanasa (and) [U]rmu. |
| Reverse [4:11] r 55–r 1111 | Now let [the king], my lord, write to Bel-Harran-šarru-uṣur and Attar-idri. They have a shepherd's house and a fodder store at their disposal. Let them take care of the king my lord's oxen. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | These (oxen) are the king my lord's and the ones at my disposal are likewise the king my lord's. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}MAŠ—EN—PAB | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-pur-a-ni | |
| 5 | ma-a GUD-MEŠ ša E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | ša ina IGI-ka ⸢ma⸣-a hi-ṣi-in | |
| 7 | ia-u₂ GUD-MEŠ | |
| 8 | pi-⸢qi⸣-tu₂ ⸢ša⸣ E₂.GAL | |
| 9 | ⸢ma⸣-aʾ-⸢du a⸣—dan-niš ina IGI-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢ta⸣-na-har a-na LUGAL | |
| 11 | ⸢EN⸣-ia mu-uk | |
| 12 | ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ-ia ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ-ia la-šu₂ | |
| 13 | {uru}gi-il-gi-me-e | |
| 14 | {⸢uru}ku⸣-na-ne₂-⸢e⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | [x]-ka-⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ par-ga-ni | |
| 2 | ⸢x x⸣ {1}⸢EN⸣—KASKAL—MAN—PAB | |
| 3 | ⸢i⸣-ti-[ši ina] {⸢uru}il⸣-a-na-⸢sa⸣ | |
| 4 | {[uru]}⸢ur⸣-mu a-nu-te | |
| 5 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-bar ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a | |
| 6 | [LUGAL] be-⸢li₂ a-na⸣ {1}EN—KASKAL—MAN—PAB | |
| 7 | {1}⸢a-tar⸣—id-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢liš⸣-pur E₂—re-ʾe-e E₂—re-ʾe-e | |
| 9 | ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ ⸢E₂⸣—U₂-MEŠ ina IGI-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ⸢GUD⸣-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢li⸣-ih-ṣi-nu | |
| 12 | ⸢an⸣-nu-te ša LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢ša⸣ ina IGI-ia₂ ša LUGAL-ma | |
| 14 | EN-ia | |
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