CTN 5, ND 2731 (P224477)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2731 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224477 |
| Museum no. | IM 064141 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant NN]. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [They] bles[s] the ki[ng], my [lo]rd, saying: "[...... DN] will make the king, my lord, live forever. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | The ... wrote (to me), saying: "my [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] the kin[g], my lord |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'r 1'–r 3'3' | [As t]o [..., about wh]om the king, my lord, wro[te to me]: "Find out what is the news about him and write it to me." |
| Reverse [3:8] r 4'4'–r 8'8' | He is in his country and does his work. His whole country is quiet; they are doing their work. His men are doing work in the fort. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN-ia⸣ [ARAD-ka {1}x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢a-na LUGAL EN-ia⸣ i-⸢kar-ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 3 | ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x x x a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | ma-[a {d}x x a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL ⸢EN-ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂⸣-da-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 6 | KUR ⸢x x x x⸣ i-sa-par | |
| 7 | ma-⸢a x x x⸣-ia | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x LUGAL\d⸣ be-li₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina] ⸢UGU x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-⸢pur⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 3' | ⸢ma⸣ mi₃-nu\y ša\dpm ṭe₃-en-⸢šu₂-ni⸣ | |
| 4' | hur\p-ṣa šup-ra ina KUR-šu šu₂-u | |
| 5' | ⸢dul⸣-lu-šu₂ e-pa-aš₂ KUR-su\t gab-bu | |
| 6' | ne₂-ha-at ⸢dul⸣-la-šu₂-nu e-pu-šu | |
| 7' | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ ina {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 8' | ⸢dul-lu⸣ e-pu-šu | |
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
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