CTN 5, ND 2697 (P224466)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2697 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224466 |
| Museum no. | IM 064123 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-ila'i. The best of health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66– | Your country (and) the people of your country are well. May Aššur and Šamaš bless 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 be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}UTU—⸢DINGIR⸣-[a].a | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | a—dan-niš | |
| 6 | DI-mu ina KUR-ti-ka | |
| 7 | DI-mu a-na UN-MEŠ | |
| 8 | KUR-ti-ka | |
| 9 | {⸢d⸣}aš-šur u {d}UTU | |
| 10 | [a]-na LUGAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | lik-ru-bu | |
Sources & licences
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