CTN 5, ND 2422 (P224408)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2422 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224408 |
| Museum no. | IM 064032 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] come down. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Yo]ur [...] did not tell it to me. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | I am sending some [lime]stone blocks [to the k]ing. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | [The ...]..., says: "It is [so that those I] made to be transported [are ...]." What is it that the king [command]s? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Aren't they] for the king's entourage? |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [......] together. [Now I am sending them] to the king. |
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] ⸢u₂⸣-ru-du-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢ka⸣ la iq\y-bi-⸢a⸣ | |
| 3' | {[na₄]}⸢pu-lu⸣ šu-nu | |
| 4' | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ u₂\m-se-bi-la | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢ni⸣-šu₂ ma ši-i-ti | |
| 6' | [ša u₂]-⸢ša⸣-zi-bi-lu-u-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ mi-i-nu ša LUGAL\d | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [i-qa]-⸢bu⸣-<ni> ša\d li\d-bit—MAN li\d-bit—MAN | |
| 2 | [x x x] ina UGU ⸢a-ha⸣-iš | |
| 3 | [x x u₂-ma-a] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | [u₂-se-bi-la] | |
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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