CTN 5, ND 2420 (P224407)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2420 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224407 |
| Museum no. | IM 064031 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [those who ... de]scend to the count[ry] will die. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'–o 8'8' | [However], Mušallim-Marduk with his people [will not] pass (but) settle down. [As soon as] I send (word), and have him stay overnight [in Guz]ana, they [will dep]art (and) [... m]y messenger. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | Now then [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] the town Qarnina |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | The chiliarch [Haramm]u [and ...] his [...]s are in the presence of the governor [...]-Šamaš. I have sent him [to] the king's presence, saying: "The king's men who [...] in m[y] pr[esence] |
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' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ma-⸢a⸣-[te] | |
| 3' | [u₂]-⸢ra⸣-du\d-ni-ni i-mut-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [u₃] {1}mu-DI—ŠU₂ TA@v\m UN\y-MEŠ\m-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [la e]-ti\t-iq u₂-šab | |
| 6' | [E₂] a-šap-pa-ru-u-ni | |
| 7' | [ina {uru}gu]-⸢za⸣-na UD.ZAL-šu₂-un-ni\d | |
| 8' | [i]-⸢ta⸣-bi-u a-na {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢u₂-ma⸣-a an-nu-rig | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x-u⸣-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a {⸢uru}qar⸣-ni-na | |
| 3' | {1}ha-ra-am]-⸢mu⸣ {lu₂vy}GAL—01-lim {lu₂vy}GAL—01-lim | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-MEŠ\m-šu₂ ina pa-an | |
| 5' | {1}x x x x]—{⸢d⸣}UTU {lu₂vy}EN.NAM\y | |
| 6' | [ina pa]-⸢an⸣ LUGAL\d a-sa-pa-ra-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [mu]-⸢uk\d⸣ ERIM-⸢MEŠ\m⸣—LUGAL\d ERIM-⸢MEŠ\m⸣—LUGAL\d ša ina ⸢pa⸣-[ni]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
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