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CTN 2, 199 (P428852)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428852 |
| 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-na {lu₂}EN.NAM ⸢EN-ia₂⸣ | to the governor, my lord(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}10-PAB-AŠ | Your servant Adad-ahu-iddina. |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na EN-ia₂ | Good health to my lord! |
| 4 | u₂-qu LUGAL | ... of the king. |
| 5 | ina UGU-a ta-ta-⸢al⸣-ka | You have come to me.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | UGU ⸢ki-i-ti-ki-te⸣ | Concerning the kitikitu-disease(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | ⸢ša⸣ [x]+x {lu₂}tar-ta-a-ni | of the commander-in-chief(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | 01 {lu₂}MU 01 {⸢lu₂⸣}NINDA.SUM | 1 cook, 1 confectioner;(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | 01 {lu₂}NINDA ma-a | 1 baker, saying: |
| 10 | re-su-nu i-ši | The shepherd takes (it). |
| 11 | ma-a be₂-su-⸢nu⸣ | "they have sworn it."(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a ⸢pa⸣-an {1}[x x x] | "from [NN](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ša-a-zi-i-[zi] | he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | u₂-ma-a la-[x x] | Now he does not(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4 | a-na {⸢uru⸣}na-[x x] | to Na[...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-sa-par ⸢la i-ma-gur⸣ | I sent (word), but he did not agree |
| 6 | ma-⸢a⸣ ŠA₃-bi-šu-nu | “They themselves(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7 | UGU {⸢anše}u₂⸣-ra-MEŠ-te | upon the horses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | ša KUR-URI{ki} 0 | of Akkad |
| 9 | gab-bi ba-[x] | all ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10 | la i-ma-gur₂-ru | they do not agree |
| 11 | la i-ma-hu-ru | they will not accept. |
| 12 | ma-[a] a-na {uru}NINA | "to Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [x]-da šum₂-⸢ma EN⸣ | If the owner(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| t.e. | ||
| 14 | ⸢i⸣-qa-⸢bi⸣ [x x] | he orders [......](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15 | [liš]-⸢du⸣-du | ... they should perform ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
Sources & licences
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- 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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