CTN 5, ND 2463 (P224422)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2463 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224422 |
| Museum no. | IM 064051 |
| 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 Ašš[ur-le'i]. |
| Obverse [2:9] o 33–o 99 | When the chief cupbearer entered with the army, Rusa came and defeated him. Not one of them got out (alive). |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010– | He is marching on and setting on the forts of the chief cupbearer, and is going to do battle. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | May the king do as he deems best. |
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⸣—[ZU] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL | |
| 4 | E₂ TA e-mu-qi₂ | |
| 5 | e-ru-bu-ni | |
| 6 | {1}⸢ur⸣-sa-a i-tal-ka | |
| 7 | ik-ta-ša₂-su | |
| 8 | 01-en TA ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | la u₂-ṣi-a | |
| 10 | il-la-ka | |
| 11 | ina UGU {uru}⸢HAL.ṢU⸣-MEŠ | |
| 12 | ša {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL | |
| 13 | i-šak-kan | |
| r | ||
| 1 | qa-ra-bu e-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2 | LUGAL ⸢ki ša i-la-u-ni⸣ | |
| 3 | le-⸢pu⸣-uš | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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