CTN 5, ND 2720 (P224475)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2720 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224475 |
| Museum no. | IM 064134 |
| 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] Duri-Aššur. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | The forts of the king, my lord, are very well. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 88– | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why did you not send me m[y] messenger in the custody of [your] messe[nger]?" |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | There is very much snow; I have sent out scouts but they have turned back, saying: "Where can we go?" |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | As soon as the snow decreases, they will set off and enter (the Palace). |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Informers are bringing news of the enemy. |
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}BAD₃—{d}aš-šur | |
| 3 | ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na {uru}bi-rat | |
| 4 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 5 | a—⸢dan-niš⸣ | |
| 6 | ŠA₃ ⸢ša LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 7 | lu-u DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | i—⸢su⸣-ri | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 10 | i-qa-a-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 11 | ma a-ta-⸢a⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢ina ŠU⸣.2 {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣-[ka] {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣-[ka] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la tu-še-bi-la | |
| 2 | ku-pu-u₂ KALAG-an | |
| 3 | a—dan-niš {lu₂}da-a.a-lim | |
| 4 | a-sa-par i-su-⸢hu-ru⸣-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢ma⸣ a.a-ka ni-⸢il-lak⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ki⸣-ma ku-pu-u₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢im-te-ṭi⸣ i-tab-⸢bi-u₂⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢e⸣-ru-bu | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂}EME-ME ṭe₃-me⸣ | |
| 10 | {⸢lu₂⸣}KUR₂ ⸢u₂⸣-ba-lu-⸢ni⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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