CTN 5, ND 2454 (P224420)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2454 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224420 |
| Museum no. | IM 064047 |
| 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 king, m]y [lo]rd: your servant Aššur-da''inanni. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | (As regards) what the king, my lord, ordered me concerning the fort of Erimziqu, there is much snow, (so) I am (only) going up as far as Apinunu. I shall (then) send word that the elders should come (so) I (can) speak with them. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | The Erimziqaeans committed (a crime) and [B]ir-Bari[a]š [the Apin]unean ...[...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | I am [now] sending to the king, my lord, one [...] whom I have ab[du]cted. |
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}aš-šur—KALAG-an-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u ⸢DI-mu⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ša LUGAL EN ina UGU {uru}bir-te | |
| 5 | ša {uru}erim-zi-qi ṭe₂-mu | |
| 6 | iš-kun-an-ni ku-pu-u | |
| 7 | da-aʾ-na e-li a-du | |
| 8 | {uru}a-pi-nu-nu a-šap-pa-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}bar-ša₂-mu-tu i-lak-u-ni | |
| 10 | i-si-šu₂-nu a-da-bu-bu | |
| 11 | {uru}erim-zi-qa-a-a ih-ti-⸢ṭi⸣-[u] | |
| 12 | {1}⸢bir⸣—{d}ba-ri-⸢aš₂⸣ | |
| 13 | {[uru}a-pi]-⸢nu⸣-na-a.a u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x] un ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u a ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x a x⸣ | |
| 3' | 01-⸢en⸣ ša [a]-⸢bu-ku⸣-u-ni | |
| 4' | ina ⸢UGU LUGAL EN-ia a-sap⸣-ra | |
Sources & licences
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