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MCS 2, 14 2 (P431253)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | MCS 2, 14 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P431253 |
| Museum no. | MMUM 35346 |
| Collection | Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a]-na {m}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim | to Assur-bel-šallim |
| 2 | u₃ {m}{[d}a-šur]-⸢su⸣-qup-pa-ni | and Assur-eppāni |
| 3 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {d}NA₃-EN-SIG₅-ma | thus Nabu-bel-daʾeq: |
| 5 | i+na a-bat {m}{d}ba-bu-ŠEŠ-SUM{na} | at the command of Babu-šuma-iddin |
| 6 | al-tap-ra-ku-nu | I am writing to you: |
| 7 | DUH.LAL₃ lu-u₂ ša pi-ti | wax or from a jar |
| 8 | ša-UGU-E₂ | the overseer of the house |
| 9 | lu-u₂ ša {na₄}KIŠIB{ki} | or of a seal |
| 10 | ša {m}{d}ba-bu-ŠEŠ-SUM{na} | From Babu-šuma-iddina. |
| 11 | u₃ lu ša ki-am-ma | or that one |
| r | ||
| 12 | ša-ak-nu-u₂-ni | are placed. |
| 13 | am-mar šu-ut-ni | all that |
| 14 | ṭe₂-ma šu-up-ra-ni | Send me! |
| 15 | ma-a a-ku-ki-a DUH.LAL₃ | “Akkūya, honey |
| 16 | ma-a a-ku-ki-a gi-gu-pe-e | “Akkīya, the gigupê-tree |
| 17 | ⸢ta⸣-u₂-ru | |
| 18 | {iti}hi-bur U₄ 9KAM₂ li-mu | Month Hibur, 9th day, eponymy of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 19 | {[m]}⸢TUKUL⸣-{d}MAŠ UGULA | Tiglath-pileser, overseer |
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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