CTN 2, 230 (P428858)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 230 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428858 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To] the governor, [my lo]rd: your servant Nabû-dammiq. Good health to my lord! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | The Chief Confectioner says: "I (and) Šulmu-beli-l[ašme will ret]urn to the city of [......" |
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] {⸢lu₂v⸣}EN.NAM ⸢EN⸣-[a] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—SIG₅-⸢iq⸣ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na\td EN-a | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}GAL—SUM\m.NINDA {lu₂v}GAL—SUM\m.NINDA i-da-⸢bu⸣-ub | |
| 5 | ⸢ma⸣-a ana-ku {1}DI—EN—⸢la⸣-[aš₂-me] | |
| 6 | [i-sa]-hur a-na\td {uru}[x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢pi⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | ša\ydm ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ma | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 4 | [x x] ⸢i-tal-ku\y⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x] u₂ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x] pa-na\td-⸢tu₂⸣-[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
- 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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