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CTN 2, 194 (P471630)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 194 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471630 |
| Museum no. | BM 131996 |
| 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)
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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-ia | to the governor, my lord(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}U.GUR-KAR-ir | Your servant Nergal-eṭir. |
| 3 | lu-u ⸢DI-mu⸣ a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM EN-ia | Good health to the governor, my lord! |
| 4 | ⸢DI-mu⸣ a-na a-⸢ṣa⸣-pi | [The king, my lord], can be glad. |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ni | to the servants |
| 6 | ša {lu₂}EN.NAM EN-ia | of the governor, my lord |
| 7 | TA ŠA₃-bi šal-li-te | from the šallītu |
| 8 | ša tu-ṣa-an-ni | who brought me |
| 9 | [ub]-⸢ta⸣-ʾi 30 {lu₂}⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ | ... thirty persons ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ a-ta-mar | I have seen there.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | ⸢ina pa⸣-an {lu₂}tur-ta-ni | in the presence of the commander-in-chief(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | a-ti-it-zi | he stood. |
| 13 | i-ta-an-na | he gave |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA ŠA₃ šal-li-te | from the šallitu-vessel |
| 2 | ša ŠA₃ {⸢uru⸣}ra-pi-qi | of Rapiqi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ša tu-ṣa-an-ni | who brought me |
| 4 | 10 {lu₂}ZI-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | 10 persons are therein. |
| 5 | a-ta-mar lib-bu | I have seen. |
| 6 | ⸢ša {lu₂⸣}tur-ta-ni la ⸢DUG₃⸣.GA | of the commander-in-chief is not satisfied.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | ina pa-ni-šu₂ la a-zi-zi | He does not stand before him. |
| 8 | ki-i ina E₂.GAL | When in the palace |
| 9 | i-lak-an-ni | will come |
| 10 | be-li₂ li-qi-ba-aš₂-šu₂ | May my lord command him. |
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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