CTN 5, ND 2434 (P224414)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2434 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224414 |
| Museum no. | IM 064039 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, [my] lord: your servant Nabû-e[ṭiranni]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Good health to [my] lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the ki[ng], my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66– | I have asked what my lord ordered me to concerning the Ullubaeans in the service of Inurta-ila’i: the equipment has been [pi]led up, his shortage is all [rig]ht. |
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 13b.e. 13– | Inurta-ila'i [says]: "I will set out [...] on the 27th." |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [After] setting out, he will be [in] Kilizi (and) [may] command my troops. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | I will have marching drills [wi]th him, and he will then (go). I have made an outlet canal (and) the fl[ood] has passed by. |
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}{d}PA—⸢KAR⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢EN⸣-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ša EN ṭe₂-e-mu | |
| 7 | iš-ku-na-ni-ni šu-uh | |
| 8 | {kur}ul-lu-ba-a.a | |
| 9 | ša ina pa-an {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-sa-al ša-aṣ-bu-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢ka-ri-im⸣ mu-ṭe₂-e-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [DI]-⸢mu⸣ a—dan-niš | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | {1}{⸢d⸣}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 14 | [ma-a] ⸢UD 27-KAM⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x u₂]-na-⸢maš⸣ | |
| 2 | [ki-ma u₂]-⸢ta⸣-mi₃-ši | |
| 3 | [ina] {uru}kal₃-zi šu-⸢u₂-tu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | {⸢lu₂⸣}e-mu-qi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | [li]-iq-ba-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 6 | [i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ mar-⸢di-a-ti⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢u₂⸣-kal i-⸢lak⸣ [o] | |
| 8 | a-na-ku mu-še-ṣi-[u] | |
| 9 | e-ta-pa-aš₂ ⸢A⸣.[KAL] | |
| 10 | ⸢e⸣-te-ti-⸢iq⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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