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CTN 2, 181 (P428844)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 181 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428844 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative 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⸣-bat LUGAL | The king's word(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}⸢šak⸣-ni | to the prefect(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ša {uru}kal-hi | of Kalḫu |
| 4 | ⸢DI⸣-[mu ia]-⸢a⸣-ši | I am well.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | [ŠA₃]-⸢ba⸣-ka | in your hand(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | [lu] ⸢DUG₃⸣-ka | May your vessel(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7 | ⸢TA SAG⸣ | From the beginning(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | 02 ⸢ANŠE⸣ {še}ki-su-⸢tu⸣ | 2 homers of chickpeas;(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | ⸢a-na⸣ 01-a.[a] | each one(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| r | ||
| 3 | {1}⸢ud-x x x⸣ | [NN, ...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4 | ⸢ša x x⸣ be ši | of ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5 | ša ⸢MI₂⸣ | of the woman(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ta-⸢da⸣-na | and to him(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7 | bi-ti-⸢iq⸣-tu₂ | he has died.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [ša] U₂-ME | of plants(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9 | [la] ta-da-na | do not give!(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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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