CTN 5, ND 2772 (P224491)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2772 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224491 |
| Museum no. | IM 064163 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the k[in]g, m[y lo]rd: yo[ur] se[rv]ant [NN. Good health to] the k[ing], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Concern[ing the ci]ty of the [M]azam[uans] about which the king, my lord, wro[te] to me: "Ho[w m]uch seed-corn is there?" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | - their seed-corn [...] |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | [......] as the [king], my [lo]rd, [com]m[and]ed |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | to the c[ity]-lo[rd]s |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] their [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] in |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... b]order |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | eat [...], the apprentice(s) [...]. They boost this [c]ity of the Mazamuans. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] apprentice(s) |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Where is your ...? |
| Reverse [13:22] r 1414– | The city of the Mazamuans |
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 EN-ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka {1}x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na] | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢TA@v UGU URU ša⸣ {kur}⸢ma-za-mu⸣-[a-a] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ EN ⸢iš-pur-a-ni⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ma-a ki ma-ṣi⸣ | |
| 8 | {⸢še⸣}NUMUN ⸢ina ŠA₃⸣-bi | |
| 9 | ⸢x x x x {še⸣}NUMUN-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ⸢lu x⸣+[x] hi [x] ⸢x ti u₂⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢ki-i ša⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢be-li₂⸣ | |
| 12 | [iq]-⸢bu-u₂-ni⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢a-na {lu₂vm}EN—URU-MEŠ⸣ {lu₂vm}EN—URU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢x x x LU₂~v\m x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 15 | [x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢ta⸣-hu-mu | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢e-ka-la⸣ tal\d-mid | |
| 8 | ⸢x x x URU⸣ an-⸢ni⸣-u | |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ {kur}ma-za-mu-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 10 | u₂-še-⸢lu⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢ina x ri⸣ ši [x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x x x⸣-ma tal-mid | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣ ka-a ⸢x ka⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢URU ša⸣ {[kur]}⸢ma-za-mu-a-a⸣ | |
| 15 | ina ⸢x x x⸣ be ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 16 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] nu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ru mu⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 19 | ina ⸢x ti x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ina⸣ be ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ li [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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