CTN 5, ND 2649 (P224448)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2649 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224448 |
| Museum no. | IM 064095 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-nammir. May Nabû (and) Mard[uk] bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 77– | At this moment they have cross-examined the people and are gathering them, and I am herewith sending (them) to the king, my [lo]rd. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | Earlier on he said to me as follows: "Should he as[k] for the people, I will not hold back even a single one of those in my presence, but will set free and give them all to the king, my lord." |
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 | |
| 2 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—⸢ZALAG₂⸣-ir | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ | |
| 6 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | an-nu-rig | |
| 8 | UN-MEŠ | |
| 9 | u₂-sa-ni-⸢qu⸣-ni | |
| 10 | u₂-pa-⸢hu-ru⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-na-ku ina ⸢UGU⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be]-⸢li₂⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 13 | ⸢a-sa-ap-ra⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na ⸢pa-ni-ti⸣ | |
| 2 | ki-i an-ni-i | |
| 3 | iq-ṭi₂-bi-ia ⸢ma⸣-a | |
| 4 | UN-MEŠ er-ri-⸢ša-a⸣ | |
| 5 | am—mar ina pa-ni-⸢ia-a⸣-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a 01-en la a-⸢kal⸣-la | |
| 7 | ma-a gab-bu | |
| 8 | u₂-še-e-ṣa | |
| 9 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 10 | a-dan{an} | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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