CTN 5, ND 2365 (P224390)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2365 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224390 |
| Museum no. | BM — = IM 064011 |
| 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 | [T]o the king, my lord: your se[rvant] Ašipâ. Good health to the king, [m]y lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | I brought the boats to Sur[u]. The prefect of the boatmen who [...] |
| Reverse [1:13] r 22– | [Bor]sippan [troops c]ame out and attacked the men of Balassu; seven men were wo[un]ded and five were killed. Also one chariot fighter of [mi]ne was killed with them. But the boats and water-skin rafts are well. |
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}a-⸢ši⸣-pa-a | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ ina {uru}su-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 5 | uq-ṭa-ri-ba [o] | |
| 6 | {⸢lu₂v}GAR {lu₂v}MA₂⸣.DU.⸢DU⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ša⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | [ERIM-MEŠ {uru}bar]-sip-a.a | |
| 3 | [i]-⸢tu⸣-ṣu-ni | |
| 4 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}ba-la-si | |
| 6 | i-zu-uq-pu | |
| 7 | 07 ERIM-MEŠ ⸢ma-hu⸣-ṣu | |
| 8 | 05 ERIM-MEŠ de-⸢e⸣-ku | |
| 9 | 01 {lu₂v}A—SIG-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂v}A—SIG-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 10 | KI-šu₂-nu-ma | |
| 11 | de-e-ke | |
| 12 | ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {kuš}maš-kir | |
Sources & licences
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