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MARV 9, 036 (P417548)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | MARV 9, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P417548 |
| Museum no. | VAT 18063 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (mod. Tulul al-ʿAqir) |
| Coordinates | 35.4944, 43.2793 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na qe-pu-tu | to the qēputu |
| 2 | ša {iri}kar-GISKIM-MAŠ | of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta |
| 3 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{d}a-⸢šur-EN⸣-[...] | Thus (says) Aya-bēl-e[...] |
| 5 | i+na a-bat ⸢LUGAL⸣ | at the command of the king |
| 6 | al-tap-ra-⸢ak⸣-ku | I have sent to you. |
| 7 | [x]+3 ANŠE 5 BAN₂ ⸢x⸣ [x] | [x]+3 homers 5 seahs of ...-plant |
| 8 | [x]+1 ANŠE 5 BAN₂ ⸢x⸣ [x] | x+1 homers 5 seahs of ...-plant |
| 9 | [x be]-er-MU-⸢x⸣ [x] | ... Bēr-šumu-e23 |
| b.e. | ||
| 10 | [x] ANŠE 5 BAN₂ [...] | x homers 5 seahs |
| r | ||
| 11 | i+na {giš}BAN₂ ša hi-bur-ni | from the seah of the hiburnu-house |
| 12 | ar-hi-iš | |
| 13 | mu-ṭa i+na {⸢giš⸣}MA₂-<MEŠ> ⸢x⸣ | (If) the term has passed, in the boathouses |
| 14 | šaṭ-ra šu-⸢qa⸣-al-pi | Hand of Šu’e-alpi |
| 15 | 1 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ bal-ṭa₂ | 1 homer 2 seahs of baltu-flour, |
| 16 | 5 BAN₂ ar-sa-ni | 5 seahs of arsanu-flour, |
| 17 | U₄ 4KAM₂ | 4th day. |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.