CTN 5, ND 2418 (P224406)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2418 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224406 |
| Museum no. | IM 064030 |
| 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, m[y] lord: your servant Ašipâ. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Concerning the boats about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, 400 boats [and x] water-skin rafts |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I shall set out. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'– | After the boats have been unloaded, should I let them go, or shall we detain them? |
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⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 4 | ina UGU {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL EN ⸢iš-pur⸣-an-ni | |
| 6 | 04 ⸢me {giš⸣}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [x x] {⸢kuš}maš-kir⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | u₂-na-⸢ma⸣-aš₂ | |
| 3' | ki-ma {⸢giš}MA₂⸣-MEŠ | |
| 4' | u₂-sa-⸢ri⸣-qu | |
| 5' | lu-ra-mi-i | |
| 6' | li-li-ku | |
| 7' | u₂-la-a | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | ni-ka-⸢la-šu₂⸣-nu | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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