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CTN 2, 207 (P428843)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428843 |
| 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)
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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' | ih-[tal-qu 0 | have fled ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | a-na-⸢ku⸣ ša {⸢uru⸣}[x x x] | I of the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | ar-ti-di-pi | Arti-dipi |
| 4' | u₂-sa-hi-ra {1}x+[x x x] | he returned [......](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | ša {uru}ŠE-⸢ṣi⸣-id-⸢qi⸣-[i] | of Šešidqi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | ir-ti-di-⸢pi u₂⸣-[x x x] | he has sp[oken ...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | la-aš₂-šu₂ la ⸢i⸣-[ma-gur₂] | he does not agree(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | la u₂-šu-bu 0 | they did not bring |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | {⸢še⸣}NUMUN-šu₂-nu la i-⸢ma-gur₂⸣ | their seed does not yield.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | la i-ru-šu | he did not enter |
| r | ||
| 1 | {še}kur-an-gu ša i-ṣa-bat-[u-ni] | The kurangu-beer which he libates |
| 2 | ur-ta-me-u₂ e-ta-x+[x x] | they have returned and ...[......](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂}MU-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [x x] | of the cooks who(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | be-li₂ e-mar te-lit ad-⸢ri⸣ | My lord will see the light of the threshing floor. |
| 5 | a-mar u₂-še-rab-u-⸢ni⸣ | I shall see what they bring in. |
| 6 | ⸢šum₂⸣-ma be-li₂ i-sa-ap-⸢ra⸣ | If my lord sends (word) |
| 7 | ina UGU {giš}za-qi-pi 0 | Concerning the zaqipu-vessel |
| 8 | ⸢TA⸣ ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu i-⸢x⸣-[x] | from them ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ina ⸢UGU EN⸣-ia i-ta-⸢ra⸣-[ṣa x x] | he has brough[t ...] to my lord |
| 2 | be-⸢li₂⸣ lu-še-bi-la-šu₂ ud [x x] | My lord should send him. |
| 3 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂ lu-⸢ba⸣-[ʾi] | Let me take it from him.(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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