CTN 5, ND 2773 (P224492)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2773 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224492 |
| Museum no. | IM 064164 |
| 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 | [T]o the king, my lord: your servant Qurdi-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:18] o 44– | A messenger of the Dibonite Aya-nur[i], his name is Ezazu, is bringing a sealed document to the Palace. The words in the sealed document of his concern the Moabites. It is about the fact that the Qedarites went straight away to Moab and defeated it. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | Now then I have entrusted him in the hands of my messenger. He will bring him to the Palace. They will leave on the 27th of Shebat (XI). |
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-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}qur-di—aš-šur | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša {1}{d}a.a—nu-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 5 | {kur}da-ab-i-na-a.a | |
| 6 | {1}e-za-zu MU-šu₂ ka-ni-ku | |
| 7 | i-na ŠU.2-šu₂ a-na E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | u₂-ba-la dib-bi | |
| 9 | ša i-na ŠA₃ ka-ni-ki-šu₂ | |
| 10 | i-na UGU {uru}ma-ʾa-ba-a.a | |
| 11 | šu-nu ša {kur}gi-di-ra-a.a | |
| 12 | a-na {kur}ma-ʾa-⸢ba⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | e-ti-qu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢il⸣-li-ku-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GAZ-šu₂ i-du-ku-u-ni | |
| 2 | i-na UGU-hi šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 3 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 4 | i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣-ia {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣-ia | |
| 5 | ap-ti-qi-su | |
| 6 | a-na E₂.GAL u₂-ba-la-šu₂ | |
| 7 | i-na UD 27-KAM₂ | |
| 8 | ša {iti}ZIZ₂ ⸢u₂⸣-ṣu-ni | |
Sources & licences
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