CTN 5, ND 2677 (P224460)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2677 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224460 |
| Museum no. | IM 064113 |
| 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, my lord: your servant Ah-abi. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44– | Concerning the king of Karalla to whom the king sent me, he entered Kilizi on the 22nd and will enter Calah on the 23rd. He has his tribute with him. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | Perhaps my lord will say: "Why didn't the bodyguard proceed here in advance?" He is helping him across the river, thereupon he will proceed here. |
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}PAB-ba | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu ina LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | ina UGU {kur}kar-la-a-a | |
| 5 | ša₂ MAN iš-pu-ra-ni-ni | |
| 6 | UD 22 ina {uru}kal₃-⸢zi⸣ | |
| 7 | e-tar-ba | |
| 8 | UD 23 ina {uru}kal-hi | |
| 9 | e-ra-ba | |
| 10 | ma-da-tu₂-šu | |
| 11 | ina ŠU.2-šu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i—su-ri | |
| 2 | EN i-qa-bi | |
| 3 | ma a-ta-a | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}qur-bu-te | |
| 5 | la-a i-hi-ru-pu | |
| 6 | la-a e-ti-qa | |
| 7 | ID₂ u₂-še-ba-ra | |
| 8 | ha-ra-ma-ma | |
| 9 | e-te-qa | |
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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