CTN 5, ND 2067 (P224379)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224379 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| 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] lor[d]: your servant [NN. Good heal]th to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [Concerning the ba]nquet about which the king, my lo[rd, wrote to m]e: "[...] should [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] how [the w]ork [is ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] (and) chos[en ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] may he exemp[t DN]-šarru-uṣur [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] the work of [...]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | As to wh[at] the k[ing my lord wrote] to me: "[...] the [...]s should go to [NN]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] ... the ... (official) |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...]... houses ...... |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [who ...] held their ground |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] let them eat ...[......] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [... m]an[y ......] |
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 be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina UGU] ⸢qa⸣-ri-te ša LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 5 | [iš-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ ma-⸢a⸣ lu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢dul⸣-lu ki-i ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x]+⸢x-ni e-mur⸣-[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣—MAN—PAB ⸢lu⸣-za-⸢ki⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x dul-lu ša x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢a-na UGU ša LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 11 | [iš-pur]-⸢an⸣-ni ⸢ma-a⸣ ina UGU {1}⸢u₂-x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x x-MEŠ⸣ lil-lik-u-ni ⸢ur x x x⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ {lu₂vy}sa-⸢x x⸣ ni [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-sa-⸢ma E₂⸣-MEŠ\t ⸢x ma x ni⸣ ši [x] | |
| 15 | [ša x x]+⸢x⸣ kaq-⸢qar⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢u₂-ki-i-lu⸣-[ni] | |
| 16 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ le-ku-lu ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x ma]-aʾ-⸢da x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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