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CTN 2, 020 (P428795)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428795 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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 | GIM {na₄}KIŠIB-⸢šu₂⸣ [ṣu-bar-šu₂ iš-kun] | Like a seal he impressed his nail. |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}EN-[DU₃-a.a EN A.ŠA₃] | Fingernail of Bel-banaya, owner of the field |
| 3 | E₂ 24 ANŠE [A.ŠA₃ x x x x x x] | An estate of 24 hectares of land ... |
| 4 | i-se-ni-⸢iš⸣ [x x x x x x] | Isenīšue ... |
| 5 | {1}{d}30-KAR-ir [x x x x x x] | Sin-eṭir |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 ⸢GU₂⸣.[UN x x x x x] | from it 1 ešakku-plant |
| 7 | u₂-tap-piš ⸢TA⸣ [x x x x x] | he has contracted |
| 8 | i-si-⸢qi⸣ kas₂-⸢pu⸣ [ga-mur ta-din] | The money is paid completely. |
| 9 | A.ŠA₃ za-⸢rip⸣ laq-⸢qi⸣ [tu-a-ru de-nu] | The field is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 10 | da-ba-bu [la-aš₂-šu₂] | to speak is bad |
| 11 | ina ur-kiš im-ma-⸢te-ma⸣ 0 | In the future he will be able to return |
| 12 | lu-u₂ {1}EN-DU₃-a.a lu-u₂ [DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] | or Bel-ibniya, or his sons |
| 13 | lu-u₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u₂ ⸢mam₂⸣-[ma-nu-šu₂] | or his sons or his grandsons |
| 14 | lu-u₂ LU₂-MEŠ-e ERIM-MEŠ [x x x] | or men and men ... |
| 15 | ša TA {1}{d}30-KAR-ir ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | which from Sin-eṭir |
| 16 | de-nu da-⸢ba-bu⸣ [ub-ta-ʾu-ni] | and seeks a lawsuit or litigation |
| 17 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD 02 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.GI] | 5 minas of silver, 2 ešānu-minerals of gold |
| 18 | ina bur-ki {d}⸢NIN⸣.[URTA a-šib {uru}kal-hi] | in the lap of Bēlet-ēriš, in the kalḫu-vessel |
| 19 | i-⸢šak⸣-[kan x x] | shall place ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | 04 {⸢anše⸣}[KUR.RA-MEŠ x x x x x] | 4 horses |
| 2 | i-[rak-kas x x x x x x x x] | he commits ...... |
| 3 | ša₂ [x x x x x x x x x x] | who ...... |
| 4 | ⸢kas⸣-[pu x x x x x x x x x] | epu-beer ....... |
| 5 | i-[x x x x x x x x x x] | ...... |
| 6 | x+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | ...... |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}x x x x x x x x] | Witness ....... |
| 2 | IGI {1}[x x x x x x x x] | Witness ....... |
| 3 | IGI {1}{d}[x x x x x x x] | Witness: ...... |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}[x] ⸢UD⸣ 11-KAM₂ li-mu {1}{d}AMAR.UTU-⸢rem₂-ni⸣ | Month , 11th day, eponymy of Marduk-rēmanni. |
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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