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CTN 2, 185 (P471626)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471626 |
| Museum no. | BM 132000 |
| 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 {1}MAN-BAD₃ | to Sargon |
| 3 | šul-mu ia-a-ši | He is well. |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ka ⸢lu⸣ DUG₃.GA-ka | May your heart be glad. |
| 5 | am-mar ERIM-MEŠ-MAN-ni ERIM-MEŠ-MAN-ni | as many king's men as there are |
| 6 | gab-bu ša ina IGI-ka | All that is at your disposal |
| 7 | 01 ANŠE-a.a {še}PAD-MEŠ | 1 homer of barley, |
| 8 | di-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu | and their verdict |
| 9 | 3 BAN₂-a.a a-na ZID₂.KASKAL-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | 3 seahs each for their caravan-flour, |
| 10 | ⸢liš-ši-u₂⸣ | let him take.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| r | ||
| 1 | 7 BAN₂-a.a⸣ | 7 seahs each,(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | ina IGI UN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | before their people |
| 3 | lu-ra-am-me-u | let me hear. |
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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