CTN 5, ND 2786 (P224497)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2786 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224497 |
| Museum no. | IM 064171 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the palace scribe, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Nahiši, the [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | I have given 25 sheep to Merodach-baladan (and) brought him out on the 7th day. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | I have fixed the measurements of the doors and am herewith sending them to my lord. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 77–o 1515 | Concerning the box of sinews about which my lord wrote to me: "Did they give it to you as you had tested?" – I have brought in the sinews of Digirina. When I come, I will tell my lord what I have tested and sold. |
| Obverse [15:24] o 1616– | (As to) the letter which my lord sent to the treasurer regarding the plot of land at our side, he gave it to u[s], saying: "In view of your (good) name, the bought men may dwell there." |
| Reverse [4:10] r 55–r 1010 | (As to) the letter which my lord sent to me concerning the mayor, he has gone to Assyria, so my lord can speak with him (in person). |
| Reverse [10:18] r 1111–r 1818 | Concerning the revetment of which my lord wrote to me: "Construct it from (the materials in) the trunk" – would I construct a revetment without a trunk?! I have laid 30 courses (of bricks). The treasurer, however, has seen it, and is saying: "Patch it up and leave it; it is (too) much work." |
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\d {lu₂vy}A.BA\t—E₂.GAL {lu₂vy}A.BA\t—E₂.GAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}na\d-hi-ši {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x] | |
| 3 | 25 UDU-MEŠ\m a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—⸢MU⸣ | |
| 4 | a-ti\t-din ina UD-me 07 u₂\m-se-ṣi-šu₂ | |
| 5 | na\d-ma-da-ti\t ša\tdm {giš}IG\d-MEŠ\mm | |
| 6 | u₂\m-ṣab-bi-ti a-na\d be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 7 | u₂\m-se-bi-la ina UGU E₂\y—SA.HI\m.A-ME E₂\y—SA.HI\m.A-ME | |
| 8 | ša\tdm be-li₂ iš-pur-ra\d-ni ma-a | |
| 9 | ki-i ša₂ tal\d-tu\m-ku-ni | |
| 10 | i-ta\d-nu-ni-ka-a | |
| 11 | SA.HI\m.A ša\tdm {uru}di\y-gi\d-ri\d-na\d | |
| 12 | a-na\d-ku u₂\m-se-rib | |
| 13 | be₂-et al-tu-ku-ni a-di\y-nu\d-ni | |
| 14 | a-ki-i al-la-ka-ni | |
| 15 | a-na\d be-li₂-ia₂ a-qa-bi | |
| 16 | e\d-gir-tu₂ ša₂ ina UGU {lu₂vy}IGI.DUB\y | |
| 17 | be-li₂ iš-pur-ra\d-ni | |
| 18 | ina UGU kaq-qi\d-ri\d <$x$> | |
| 19 | ⸢ša i⸣—ni-du\d-ni i⸣—ni-du\d-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-ta-na\d-⸢na\d⸣-[ši o] | |
| 2 | ma-a\d a-na pa-an MU-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂vy}ŠAM₂\dm-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | lu-u ka-mu-su\t | |
| 5 | e\d-gir-tu₂ ša\tdm ina UGU | |
| 6 | {lu₂vy}ša\tdm—UGU—URU be-li₂\d | |
| 7 | u₂\m-še-bi\d-la-ni | |
| 8 | {lu₂vy}ša\tdm—UGU—URU ina KUR—aš-šur | |
| 9 | i-⸢tal\d⸣-ka be-li₂ | |
| 10 | i-si-šu₂ li\ttd-di\y-bu-ub\d | |
| 11 | ina UGU ri\d-ṣip-ti\t ša\tdm be-li₂ | |
| 12 | iš-pur-ni ma-a TA\dm | |
| 13 | u₂\m-ni-ni ri\d-ṣip-tu₂ | |
| 14 | ri\d-ṣi-bi ša\tdm la u₂\m-ni-ne₂-e | |
| 15 | ri\d-ṣip-tu₂ a-ra-ṣi-bi | |
| 16 | 30 ti-ik\d-pi ak\d-ta-ra-ar₂\d | |
| 17 | {lu₂vy}IGI.DUB\m-ma e-ta-mur | |
| 18 | ma-a ṣi-in\t-da ra-me-a | |
| 19 | ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢dul⸣-lu\d KALAG\d šu-u | |
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