CTN 2, 242 (P336169)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336169 |
| Museum no. | BM 132007 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 | [T]o the ki[ng], my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Šarru-e[mu]ranni. [Good] health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to m[e]: "Šarru-emur[anni] keeps coming and tel[ling me] that the city wall of Du[r-Šarruken ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Marduk-remanni [...]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | I shall be there too and keep wa[tch] over Iqiša-Marduk and his associates, until the king inst[ructs me] otherwise. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'– | I have heard that Šarru-emuranni [has] come; [he is] in [...], and is indeed do[ing] the work. |
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\d⸣ EN-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}⸢MAN—IGI⸣.LAL-an-ni | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 4 | ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ EN iš-pur-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | ma-a ma-ʾa-ad {1}MAN—IGI.LAL-[an-ni] | |
| 6 | il-la-ka i-qa-[bi-a] | |
| 7 | ma-a BAD₃ ša\dy {uru}⸢BAD₃\m⸣—[MAN—GIN] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂-x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}MES—rem₂-⸢ni x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ana-ku ina ŠA₃-ma ana-ku ma-⸢ṣar⸣-[tu] | |
| 4' | ša\ydm {1}BA-ša₂—{d}⸢MES u₃⸣ [o] | |
| 5' | ša\p is-si-šu₂\d a-⸢na-ṣar x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6' | a-du mi₃-ni ša\yd LUGAL i-⸢ša₂-pa⸣-[ra-ni] | |
| 7' | a-⸢se⸣-me ma-a {1}MAN—IGI.LAL-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 8' | [it]-tal-ka ma-a ina {uru}⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣ ma-a ⸢dul⸣-[lu] | |
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-ba-ši e-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [o] | |
Sources & licences
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