CTN 5, ND 2793 (P224499)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 5, ND 2793 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224499 |
| Museum no. | IM 064174 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Let th]em dispa[tch ...] |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [The servants o]f Ṣil-Bel [...] sen[t] a chest to the scribe of A[šipâ]. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | The experts serving [him] se[aled the chest] which Ṣil-Bel had s[ent with] the scribe [and ...] an order [...] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 9'9'–b.e. 9'9' | [the de]por[tees ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | the rest (of the people) [who ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | disappeared [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | their people went away t[o their ...]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | The king should sen[d ......] |
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' | [lu]-⸢še⸣-bi-⸢lu⸣ {[lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ o] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša\d⸣ {1}GIŠ.MI—EN [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂}A.BA\t {1}⸢a⸣-[ši-pa-a] | |
| 4' | {giš}šad-du i-sap-⸢ru⸣-[niš-šu₂] | |
| 5' | {lu₂vy}um\y-ma-ni\d ARAD-MEŠ\m-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂ {giš}sad-du] | |
| 6' | ša\ddm {1}GIŠ.MI—EN iš-⸢pa⸣-[ru-ni TA@v] | |
| 7' | {⸢lu₂p⸣}A.BA ik\d-ta-[an-ku] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | ṭe₂-mu ti-⸢iš⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ga⸣-li-[ti x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x]+⸢x x ta x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢re\d⸣-hu\d-ti\t [ša x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ih-tal-qu [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | UN-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | i-ta-at-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢LUGAL lu⸣-še-bi-⸢la⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
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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