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CTN 2, 188 (P471628)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 188 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471628 |
| Museum no. | BM 131999 |
| 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 | ⸢IM {lu₂⸣}GAR.KUR {lu₂⸣}GAR.KUR | A tablet of the governor.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | a-na {1}LUGAL-BAD₃ | to Šarru-duri |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na ŠEŠ-ia | Good health to my brother! |
| 4 | IZI {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ka | The fire of your servants |
| 5 | ina ⸢mu⸣-da-bir | I crossed over.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ik-tar-ru | he prayed. |
| 7 | a-di UGU {kur}⸢su-hi⸣ | as far as the land of Sūḫu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | a-di UGU {kur}ha-⸢dal⸣-li | as far as the land Ḫadalli(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | mu-da-bur gab-bu | he smote all. |
| 10 | ta-ta-kal | you will eat |
| 11 | ša₂-⸢aʾ-la u₂-ṣi-ṣi⸣ | And he brings it in.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | {⸢lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ka⸣ | Your servants(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | ša IZI | of fire |
| r | ||
| 1 | x+[x x]-⸢ru-ni⸣ | |
| 2 | la-a i-ša₂-mu-u-ni | they do not listen. |
| 3 | a-sa-⸢par⸣-ka | I sent to you.(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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