CTN 5, ND 2425 (P224409)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2425 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224409 |
| Museum no. | IM 064034 |
| 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' | [...] I did [not?] b[u]y [...] |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | I gave him one mina of copper as a gift for a cart. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | Did each [k]or go [(for) one m]ina of c[opper]? |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 10'b.e. 10'– | Are [...]ya and Mar-... detained on the road? It/He is .... |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (Thus) each kor is delayed. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | (Normally) he respects paths but I wi[ll] arrest him [......] |
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 u₂ al-qi⸣ | |
| 2' | [x]+⸢x x x⸣-šu | |
| 3' | 01 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ\m | |
| 4' | ⸢ṭa\d⸣-tu₂ ina ta-la-ki\p | |
| 5' | a\d-ta-na-⸢aš₂⸣-šu | |
| 6' | ⸢ku⸣-ra-a-ia-a | |
| 7' | 01 ⸢MA⸣.NA ⸢URUDU⸣ [ta]-al\t-lik | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | [x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}DUMU—⸢x⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 2 | ana KASKAL šu-u-nu | |
| 3 | ⸢kal⸣-lu ka-⸢li-x⸣ | |
| 4 | šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 5 | ku-ra-a-<$a$> | |
| 6 | i-<$ma$>-rak\dd-<$ku$> | |
| 7 | ⸢i-pa⸣-la-ha pa-da-ni | |
| 8 | ⸢la⸣-aṣ-ba-su | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lu\d ti\t ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ ra [x x x] | |
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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