CTN 5, ND 2429 (P224411)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2429 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224411 |
| Museum no. | IM 064036 |
| 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 kin]g, [my l]ord: [your servant Aššu]r-šallim[anni]. Go[od] heal[th t]o the king, [my lor]d! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Concerning the arm of the ri[ver on which the king, my lord], wrote me: "Dredge it!" |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | The inside of the arm [is] in accordance with [....] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The rivulets that [flow] into it [are ....] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The ground is elevated, it is by no means suitable [for dredging]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [As to what the king, my lord, s]aid: "[......] |
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⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}aš]-⸢šur⸣—DI—[an-ni] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-[u] DI-⸢mu⸣ [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL\p ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | ina UGU ad-ra-ʾi ša\yd ⸢ID₂⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 5 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a hu\d-u₂\m-⸢ṭa⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bi ad-ra\p-ʾi ša₂ pi-te [x x] | |
| 7 | ID₂-MEŠ ša\ym a-na ŠA₃-bi [x x x] | |
| 8 | kaq-qu-ru ma-ti\t-ih [a-na ha-ṭa-ṭi] | |
| 9 | la-aš₂-šu₂\d la il\m-⸢lak⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 10 | ⸢iq-bu-u-ni ma⸣-[a x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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