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CTN 2, 057 (P428862)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P428862 |
| 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)
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-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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-u {1}bi-si-ne₂-e 0 | or Isin |
| 2 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ lu-u] | or his sons, or his relatives, or |
| 3 | EN-il-ki-šu₂ EN-il-ki-šu₂ TA {1}{d}UTU-ku-⸢mu⸣-[a] | En-il-kišu (is) En-illi-ku-emu'ea |
| 4 | u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 5 | ⸢ub⸣-ta-⸢u₂-ni⸣ | “If he slips through the thresholds, |
| 6 | 01 MA.NA KUG.⸢UD⸣ 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | One mina of silver, one mina [of gold] |
| 7 | a-na {d}MAŠ SUM-an | to Ninurta he shall give. |
| 8 | 01 GU₂.UN AN.NA a-na {lu₂}EN.⸢NAM⸣ | 1 talent of lead to the governor |
| 9 | SUM-an kas-pu a-na 10-a-ti | The money is paid tenfold. |
| 10 | a-na EN-šu₂ GUR ina de-ni-šu₂ | shall return to its owner. In his lawsuit |
| 11 | DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la TI | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 12 | IGI {1}zi-zi-i {lu₂}SIMUG.KUG.⸢GI⸣ | Witness: Zizî, goldsmith. |
| 13 | IGI {1}NUMUN-ZI-GIŠ IGI {1}za-ad-iš | Witness: Zer-lēšir. Witness: Zadiš. |
| t.e. | ||
| 14 | ⸢ARAD⸣ ša {1}{d}IGI.DU-PAB-⸢AŠ⸣ | servant of Palil-aḫu-iddina. |
| 15 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}aš-šur-E-a.a | the Assyrian |
| 16 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}⸢x⸣-[x]-⸢aš-šur⸣ IGI {1}⸢x a⸣ x+[x x] | “IGI₂-e23 (means) ...-eašsvur-e23. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}DI-[mu]-⸢EN⸣ IGI {1}HE₂.DAR-15 | Witness: Šulmu-ēl. Witness: Hedar-Ištar. |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+x IGI {1}DU₃-a.[a] | before Banaya |
| 3 | [x x x x x] ⸢lim⸣-mu {1}{d}[x x x x] | the ešlim-ēmu-priest of ... |
Sources & licences
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