CTN 5, ND 2413 (P224503)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2413 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224503 |
| Museum no. | IM 064179 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...... as to what the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[......] ...s." |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] certainly not [...] there. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | Concerning the her[a]ld (and his) apprentice about w[hom the kin]g, my lord, commanded, w[h]o should be held accountable for ... [...]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Ameli, Inurta-[...] |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | two [...]s [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The k[i]ng should send word that the eunuchs who ...[...] be broug[ht] there. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Bel-ereš and [...]-Aššur [...] are the messenger(s) whom I send to [...]. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | A[s t]o ... about which/whom Atamar-Aššur ... told. I have inspected 32 [...]s; those are [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Nabû-killanni the [... official o]f Mu[šal]lim-Aššur [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......]s o[f ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [W]hy 20 [...]? |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | who in the town of [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [yo]u go [to] the border, [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 2' | iš-pu-⸢ra⸣-ni [ma-a x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x-MEŠ⸣ u₂\m-⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | la-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ la u₂\m-⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | ina ⸢UGU {lu₂}NIGIR⸣ TUR ⸢ša\dd LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6' | EN iq-bu-u₂\m-ni ⸢ma-an-ni⸣ | |
| 7' | lu\d-ba-i ⸢ANŠE ma da\d⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}⸢LU₂ LU₂⸣ {1}{d}MAŠ—⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | 02 x x-MEŠ x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}SAG-MEŠ\m ša\y pa-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃ ⸢LUGAL⸣ liš-pur lu\d-bi-[lu-ni] | |
| 3 | {1}EN—⸢APIN⸣ u {1}⸢x—aš⸣-šur ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}A—KIN {lu₂vy}A—KIN ša\y ina ⸢UGU x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5 | aš₂-pa-ru-ni ina ⸢UGU-hi x x x⸣ | |
| 6 | ša\y {1}⸢IGI⸣.LAL—aš-šur ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 7 | iq\d-bu-u₂-ni 32 ⸢x⸣ [x]-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-ta-mar am-mu-ti\t ⸢x⸣+[x x]-ti\t | |
| 9 | {1}{d}AG—⸢ki⸣-la-ni {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}mu-⸢DI—aš-šur⸣ [o] ⸢i x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x x⸣ MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [a-na] ⸢am-me⸣-ni ⸢am-me⸣-ni 20 [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ina ŠA₃ {uru}⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | ta-hu-mu ⸢ta-lak⸣ kal [x x x] | |
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