CTN 5, ND 2643 (P224445)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2643 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224445 |
| Museum no. | IM 064091 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-matka-tera. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:18] o 55– | As to the Aramean troops about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Equip them! They are going on a campaign." I will give them their (travel) provisions, sackcloth, leather bags, sandals and oil. |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55– | I have no donkey stallions available, but if I did have donkey stallions available, I would offer my carts too for the campaign. |
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—KUR-ka—GUR | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | EN-ia | |
| 5 | ina UGU {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 6 | {kur}ar₂-ma-a-a | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 9 | ma-a ša₂-aṣ-bi-su-nu | |
| 10 | ma a-na KASKAL | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | il-lu-ku | |
| 12 | e-ṣi-di-su-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {tug₂}sa-a-gu | |
| 2 | {kuš}hi-in-tu₂ | |
| 3 | {kuš}E.SIR | |
| 4 | I₃-MEŠ a-da-na-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ANŠE.NITA₂-MEŠ-ia | |
| 6 | la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 7 | TA@v ma-ṣi-en | |
| 8 | ANŠE.NITA₂-MEŠ-ia | |
| 9 | i-ba-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 10 | {giš}qir-si-ia-ma | |
| 11 | a-na KASKAL | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | la-am-⸢tu-uh⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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