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CTN 2, 209 (P428833)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428833 |
| 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 |
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-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | a-⸢ki x x x⸣ [x x] | when [......](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | is-se-niš ki-i ⸢ša⸣ | Likewise, as(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | taq-ban-ni ma-a ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ] | You said to me: “The men(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | u₂-šal-lam a-da-⸢na⸣ | he brings, and to(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | ina E₂.GAL aq-ṭi₂-⸢bi⸣ | I said in the palace:(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | u₂-ma-a ERIM-MEŠ la-⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂] | Now there are no men.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | be-li₂ ki-i ša₂ e-pa-šu₂-ni | My lord, as he does |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | le-pu-uš | he should do. |
| 9' | {lu₂}ha-za-nu-ma | the mayor |
| 10' | la a-mur | I did not see. |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}GAL-URU-MEŠ-ni-ma {lu₂}GAL-URU-MEŠ-ni-ma | The village managers, the village managers |
| 2 | la a-mur {1}GIR₃.2-15 | I did not see Šep-Issar. |
| 3 | šu-u i-si-ia am-me-ni am-me-ni | Who is with me, who is he? |
| 4 | a-na EN-ia i-sa-li-u 0 | they have sworn to my lord. |
| 5 | at-ta ina E₂.GAL | You are in the palace. |
| 6 | taq-ṭi₂-bi ma-a ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | You said: "The men(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | ⸢u₂-šal-lam⸣ [a-da-na] | ... he brings to me.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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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