CTN 2, 243 (P224586)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224586 |
| Museum no. | IM 056877 |
| 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/saa05 · 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 NN]. Go[od health to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [The land of the king] is well (and) the f[orts] are well. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | As to the news o[f the Urarṭian] about which the king, my lord, wr[ote me]: "[Send me] a deta[iled] report!" — |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | the Cimme[rian(s) ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] of Ar[a ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] were received [...] |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | The Cimmerian (king) has [...ed] on it and pitched [his camp] in Uṣunali; [I do not have a full] report (yet). [...] with the Hubušk[ian]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | I have written to Urzana: "Send a detailed repo[rt on ...]" |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1'e. 1'–e. 1'e. 1' | I have not [yet] heard [......]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 2'2'–e. 2'2' | Let them write me [what the king my lord's orders are]. |
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}x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ [šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | šul-mu a-⸢na\t⸣ [KUR ša\dm LUGAL] | |
| 5 | šul-mu a-na\t {⸢uru⸣}[HAL.ṢU-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-me ⸢ša\dm⸣ {[kur}URI-a.a] | |
| 7 | ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂\d ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 8 | ma-a ṭe₃-mu har\p-⸢ṣu⸣ [šup-ra] | |
| 9 | {kur}⸢gi-mir⸣-[a.a x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u₂ {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ša\dm {1}a-⸢ra⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢mah⸣-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ni⸣-ma-ag-gu-ru ne₂-er-⸢rab⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | {kur}gi-mir-a.a ina UGU-hi ⸢i⸣-[x x] | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃ {kur}u₂-ṣu-na\t-li [ma-dak-tu₂] | |
| 7' | ⸢i⸣-sa-kan ṭe₃-e-mu [la ah-ru-uṣ] | |
| 8' | TA@v\m {kur}hu-ub-buš-a.[a x x] | |
| 9' | UGU {1}ur-za-na a-[sap-ra] | |
| 10' | nu-uk\dtp ṭe₃-⸢e⸣-[mu ša x x] | |
| 11' | hur-ṣa [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢di⸣ la-a a-ša₂-me [mi₃-i-nu] | |
| 2' | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bu-ni] ⸢li\d⸣-iš\t-pa-ru-u-ni [o] | |
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
- 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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