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CTN 2, 035 (P428817)

Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	CTN 2, 035
ID	P428817
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)

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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)
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1	ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ṣu-bar-šu₂-nu [GAR]-⸢nu⸣	Instead of their seals they impressed their nails.
2	⸢ṣu⸣-pur {1}{d}gu-la-ba-la-ṭi₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}NAR	The gate of Gula-balaṭi, singer
3	⸢ṣu⸣-pur {1}E₂-IM.DIR-a.a {⸢lu₂}NAR⸣	The scepter of the E-IM-DIR-aya, the singer
4	[ṣu]-pur {1}LUGAL-TI-iq-bi {lu₂}NAR	Fingernail of Lugal-balāssu-iqbi, singer
5	[ṣu]-⸢pur⸣ {1}{d}MAŠ-PAB-MEŠ-šal-lim {lu₂}NAR	Fingernail of Inurta-ahhe-šallim, singer.
6	[ṣu-pur] {1}kur-ba-il₃-a.a {lu₂}UŠ.[KU]	Fingernail of Kurbailayu, brewer
7	[E₂ x] 15 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina ku-da-a-ri [ša {lu₂}NAR]	An estate of 15 hectares of land in the cult daises of the singer
8	[ina] {uru}kur-ba-il₃ ina GU₂.UN URUDU-⸢MEŠ⸣	in Kurbail with a talent of copper
9	{1}EN-KI-ia {lu₂}GAL-URU-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}GAL-URU-MEŠ-ni	Bēl-išmeya, his village manager, his city manager
10	TA ⸢pa-an⸣ LU₂-MEŠ šu-nu-u₂-ti	From those men
11	u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma TI-qi₂ kas₂-pu	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
12	ga-mur SUM-ni A.ŠA₃ za-ri-pi	He will pay the full price of the field.
13	la-⸢qi₂⸣ tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄	Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
14	la-aš₂-šu₂ ma-nu ša ina ⸢ur⸣-kiš	There is no one who in Eur-ekiš
15	lu-u TA ŠA₃ LU₂-MEŠ šu-nu-u₂-ti	or from those men
16	lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ TA {1}EN-KI-ia	or his sons from Bel-issē'a
17	de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u₂-ni	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
18	01 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.GI	[1 mina of silver, 1 min]a of gold,
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1	a-na {d}IM [a]-⸢šib⸣ {uru}⸢kur⸣-ba-⸢il₃⸣	To Adad, the šib priest of the Ekur temple,
2	⸢SUM⸣-an ina [de]-ni-⸢šu⸣ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma NU TI-qi₂	He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
3	⸢IGI⸣ {1}EN-NUN-DINGIR-MEŠ {lu₂}SANGA	Witness: Bēl-nūrāri-ilani, priest
4	IGI {1}⸢si-par⸣-ra-a-nu {lu₂}GAL-KUŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL-KUŠ-MEŠ	Witness: Sipar-eranu, the chief of the leatherworkers,
5	IGI {1}aš-šur-EN-[x] {lu₂}lah₂-hi-nu	Witness: Aššīr-bēlu-x, lahhinu
6	⸢IGI⸣ {1}EN-⸢KI-ia⸣ ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša {lu₂}SANGA	Before: Bēl-ēkiya, the priest
7	⸢IGI⸣ {1}[x x x]-a.a ⸢ŠEŠ-AD⸣-šu₂ ⸢ŠEŠ-AD⸣-šu₂ ša {lu₂}SANGA	“It is the ... of the ayyû-priestess, it is the priest’s ...
8	⸢IGI⸣ {1}[x x x]-15 DUMU {1}{d}UTU-x⸣-PAB	...-Issar, son of Šamaš-x-e-uṣur
9	[IGI {1}x x x]+x x ⸢IGI {1}lu-u-TI-aṭ	before ..., before Lu-uballiṭ
10	[IGI {1}x]+x-x+[x x]-MEŠ IGI {1}{d}IM-PAB-AŠ	Witness: . Witness: Adad-ahu-iddina.
11	[PAB x] {⸢lu₂}IGI-MEŠ⸣ {uru}kur-⸢ba⸣-il₃-a.a	[Total x] witnesses from Kur-eba-eila.
12	[IGI] {1}[x x x] ak ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] ⸢te⸣	Witness: ... ēšu-plant

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