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CTN 2, 044 (P428813)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428813 |
| 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 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {1}{d}UTU-⸢SUM⸣-na {lu₂}ha-za-nu ša {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | Seal of Šamaš-iddina, mayor of the city |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}DUMU-15 ⸢EN kaq⸣-qi-ri | Fingernail of Mar-Issar, the en-priestess of the quay |
| 3 | ⸢kaq⸣-qi-ri pu-ṣe-e 15 ina 01 KUŠ₃ | 15 cubits square. |
| 4 | ⸢GID₂⸣.DA 11 KUŠ₃ DAGAL | a reed mat, 11 cubits wide |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}EN-KUR-DINGIR {⸢lu₂⸣}KAŠ.LUL | Bel-matu-ilī, the cupbearer |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ MI₂-E₂.GAL MI₂-E₂.GAL ina ŠA₃-bi 06 MA⸣.NA URUDU-MEŠ | The queen, the queen, has contracted and bought them for 6 minas of copper. |
| 7 | ⸢kaq⸣-qi-ri TA IGI {1}DUMU-15 ⸢il⸣-qi | The eqiri-house from the Ištar-house |
| 8 | ⸢kas⸣-pu ga-mur ta-din-⸢ni⸣ | The money is paid completely. |
| 9 | ⸢kaq⸣-qi-ri šu-a-tu za-rip laq-⸢qi⸣-u₂ | That eqiri property is purchased and acquired. |
| 10 | ⸢tu⸣-a-ru de-⸢i⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄-bu la-a-šu₂ | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 11 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-ti-ma | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 12 | [i]-za-qu-pa-a-ni lu-u {1}DUMU-15 | or Mar-Ištar |
| 13 | [lu]-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | either his sons or his grandsons or grandsons |
| 14 | [lu-u] ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢DUMU-ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU-ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | or his sons, or his grandsons, |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [lu-u x x x x x x x x x x]-ni-šu₂ | or his ... |
Sources & licences
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