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CTN 2, 205 (P471637)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 2, 205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P471637 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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⸣ [x x x x x] | to [......](very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2 | ARAD-[ka {1}x x x x] | your servant [NN](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | lu-u DI-[mu a-na x x x] | Good health to [NN]!(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | ia-u-ti {lu₂}⸢x⸣ [x x] | My , the(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [x x] 01 ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ 15 ⸢ša⸣ [x x] | [... 1] men, 15 of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | [x] ⸢ša x x x x⸣ 0 | of [......](very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ NAM-[(x)]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | [... of] his destinies(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [x x x] ša₂ li-di-na | [... wh]ich they should give |
| 9 | [x x x x] na ⸢ia⸣-u-ti | [......] me(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10 | ⸢ši x di be⸣ ni a si na ha bi ša | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 11 | ⸢li⸣-ma-⸢x⸣ {lu₂}NIGIR a-le-e | May the herald ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢BAD₃⸣ ni lu ARAD-ME-ma 0 | [The ...] of Dur-ni or the servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [x x x]+x ERIM-MEŠ 15 lu x+[x x] | [......] men and 15 men(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x x x] la a za [x] | ... not ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x] a ⸢x x⸣ UD-me | [......] days(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu dul-lu 0 | their work(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ⸢an-ni-u₂⸣ ur-ta-me-[u] | These have come to an end.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | me-me-ni SIG₄-⸢MEŠ⸣ 0 | Whatever bricks(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | la u₂-qa-ra-ba 0 | he shall not bring it. |
| 5 | a-na 06-šu₂ ri-⸢pi⸣-[tu₂] | It shall increase by one sixth. |
| 6 | [ina] UGU mu-kar-⸢ri⸣-[si x] | [Concerning] Mukar[risi ...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [x x] na ur ⸢x⸣ {na₄}[x x x] | ... stone ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}arrap-ha-a.[a] | of the Arraphaeans(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | ina pa-ni-ia ak-⸢ta⸣-[la] | I have s[et] before me. |
| 10 | a-na-ku KASKAL.2 [x x x x] | I the road [......](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | ⸢x x x⸣ di [x x x x] | |
| 12 | dul-lu x+[x x x x x x] | the work ......(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | ⸢za⸣ [x x x x x x x] | you [......](very low confidence: a guess) |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] mu-ṣa-li x+[x x x x x] | [......] the st[and ......](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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