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WVDOG 152, V 1 002 (P514135)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | WVDOG 152, V 1 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P514135 |
| Museum no. | IM 124717 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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 {m}aš-šur-KUR-LAL | Tablet of Aššiur-matu-taqqin. |
| 2 | a-na {m}BAD₃-aš-šur | to Dūrī-Assur |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na PAB-ia | Good health to my brother! |
| 4 | DI-mu a-lak-tu₂ gab-bu | All the road is well. |
| 5 | ŠA₃-ba-ka lu DUG₃.GA-ka | May your heart be glad. |
| 6 | ANŠE.NITA₂ ša {m}{iti}AB-a-a | A donkey of Kanunayu. |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi 56 GIN₂.MEŠ KUG.UD | for 56 shekels of silver |
| 8 | a-ta-ṣa UD-mu ša₂ e-gir₂-tu₂ | On the day of the letter |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | ta-mar-u-ni | you will see |
| r | ||
| 1 | KUG.UD a-na {m}{iti}AB-a-a | Silver to Kanunayu. |
| 2 | di-i-ni ANŠE.NITA₂ | Give the donkey! |
| 3 | ina pu-u-ut ANŠE.NITA₂ ša₂ DUMU | against the donkey of the son |
| 4 | {m}ARAD-15 ni-ša₂-ni-šu-u₂ | Urdu-Issar, his brother, |
| 5 | 03 ANŠE.NITA₂-tu₂ ša₂ mu-u-te | 3 male donkeys of the harvest, |
| 6 | GU₂.UN la i-za-bi-lu | They will not bring the talent. |
| 7 | KUG.UD lu tu₂-še-bi-la | You should have brought the silver. |
| 8 | ina 05-šu₂-ti-ia lu a-din | It shall increase by a fifth. |
| t.e. | ||
| 9 | i-be-ʾa-di {kuš}duh-ši-i | he pours a libation. |
| 10 | ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}600 iṣ-ṣa | of the house of the herald ... |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | i-qab-bi u-ma-a 10 GIN₂.MEŠ | Now, 10 shekels |
| 2 | bi-la na-ši | he takes. |
Sources & licences
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