CTN 5, ND 02698+ (P428966)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 02698+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P428966 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 chief eunuch, my lord: your servant Ahu-lamur. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | The best of health to my lord! |
| Obverse [4:17] o 55– | The chief of trade was hit by an affliction on the 22th of Elul (VI). I looked at him for a day, (but) it did not leave him. I looked at him for da[ys], it did not leave h[im]. Thereupon I sent a messenger to [m]y lord. |
| Bottom [1:8] b.e. 1717– | My lord may speak (about it), if it has (already) been spoken about in the Palace. If not, my lord s[hould writ]e to our ph[ys]ician. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | I have not [yet] got the trib[ute] under way. |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | Let my lord send a royal order to Nergal-belu-uda''an that he takes on the rest of the tribute and bears the responsibility for the tribute. |
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 {⸢lu₂vy⸣}GAL—SAG {⸢lu₂vy⸣}GAL—SAG EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}PAB—⸢la-mur⸣ | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu | |
| 4 | a-na EN-ia a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-ri\d {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-ri\d | |
| 6 | UD 22-KAM ša\dm {itid}⸢KIN⸣ | |
| 7 | lip-tu₂ ⸢il\y⸣-ta-pa-su | |
| 8 | 01-en UD-⸢mu⸣ a-da-gal | |
| 9 | la u₂-⸢ra⸣-mi-šu\d | |
| 10 | ⸢a-na\d UD-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | a-da\d-⸢gal⸣ | |
| 12 | la u₂-ra-mi-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 13 | ha-ra-mi-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 14 | {lu₂vy}DUMU\m—šip-⸢ri\d⸣ {lu₂vy}DUMU\m—šip-⸢ri\d⸣ | |
| 15 | ina UGU EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | a-sap-ra | |
| 17 | ⸢EN⸣-li šum₂\ppp-mu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina E₂.GAL i\p-taq-bi | |
| 2 | li-iq-bi | |
| 3 | u₂\m-la-⸢a⸣ EN-li\m | |
| 4 | a-[na] {⸢lu₂vy}A.ZU⸣-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢li⸣-[iš-pu]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 6 | ma-⸢da⸣-[tu u₂-di-na] | |
| 7 | la u₂-⸢nam-ma⸣-[aš₂] | |
| 8 | EN-li\dd a-bat ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 9 | ina UGU {1}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ—EN—KALAG-an | |
| 10 | liš\d-pu\td-ra\y re\d-eh-te | |
| 11 | ma-da\d-tu\d | |
| 12 | li\dd-iṣ-bat pu\td-tu₂-hu\d | |
| 13 | ma-da\d-⸢tu\d⸣ liš\d-ši | |
Sources & licences
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