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CTN 2, 196 (P471631)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 196 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471631 |
| Museum no. | BM 131992 |
| 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 | to the governor |
| 2 | EN-ia | my lord |
| 3 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur-tak-lak | Your servant Aššrak: |
| 4 | ši-pir-tu ša {lu₂}EN.NAM | A letter of the governor |
| 5 | ša {uru}ar-zu-hi-na | of Arzuhina |
| 6 | ina UGU {1}na-ni-i | Concerning Nanî |
| 7 | ⸢ta⸣-tal-ka | came.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | ma-a {še}nu-sa-hi-MEŠ | "nusaḫi-grain |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂}EN.NAM | of the governor(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}kal-hi u₂-su-hu | They have reorganized the city Kalḫu. |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | ⸢ma⸣-a šum-⸢ma⸣ | If(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12 | {[še}nu]-⸢sa⸣-hi-MEŠ | ... the sahhu-beer ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]+x | |
| 2 | [x x x]-MEŠ | s(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi URU-MEŠ{še}ia | [in] the cities(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | {[lu₂]}⸢ENGAR⸣-MEŠ | the farmers(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [u₂]-se-šib | he settled(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | {1}{d}UTU-EN-PAB {lu₂}EN.NAM | Šamaš-belu-uṣur, the governor |
| 7 | ⸢x x x⸣ i-ṣa-bat | he seizes(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | {še}nu-⸢sa⸣-hi-MEŠ-ni | the nusaḫi-beer(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | la na-as-hu | not to remove |
| 10 | a-ta-a ina MU.AN.NA | Why in the year |
| 11 | an-ni-tu₂ {še}nu-sa-hi-ni | This (is) the nusaḫinu-flour. |
| t.e. | ||
| 12 | i-na-su-hu | they shall remove. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | [......] his men(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | [an]-na-⸢ka⸣ ša ⸢UD⸣-me ša UD-me | Here, on the day of the day(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | 0 URU-ME i-la-bi | The cities will increase. |
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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