CTN 5, ND 2725 (P224476)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2725 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224476 |
| Museum no. | IM 064137 |
| 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 Aššur-matka-tera. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:15] o 44– | As to the Arameans about whom the king said: "They should be made to marry wives," [I] have seen women in great numbers (there) but the[ir fath]ers re[fuse] to g[ive them], saying: "(Not) until they give m[one]y to us." |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Let money be given to them (the Arameans) so they can marry. |
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-ra | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | šu-uh {kur}ar-ma-a-a | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL iq-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a MI₂-MEŠ | |
| 7 | lu-ša₂-hi-zu-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | ⸢MI₂⸣-MEŠ ma-a-da | |
| 9 | [a]-ta-mar | |
| 10 | ⸢AD⸣-MEŠ-ši-⸢na⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la i-ma-[gu-ru] | |
| 2 | la i-⸢du⸣-[nu-ši-na] | |
| 3 | ma-a a-di ⸢kas-pu⸣ | |
| 4 | i-da-nu-na-ši-ni | |
| 5 | kas-pu li-di-nu-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | šu-nu-ma le-hu-zu | |
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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