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WVDOG 152, V 1 003 (P514136)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | WVDOG 152, V 1 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P514136 |
| Museum no. | IM 124709 |
| 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 | a-na {m}DUG₃.GA-IM-pa-pa-hi | to Ṭab-šar-Papaḫi |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na PAB.MEŠ-ia₂ | Good health to my brothers! |
| 5 | DI-mu a-lak-ti-ni gab-bu | All our [land] is well. |
| 6 | ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu lu DUG₃-ku-nu | May your heart be glad. |
| 7 | {kuš}maš-kur-ru TA {kuš}SAL.MEŠ | The maškurru-garment from the sandals |
| 8 | ša {m}aq-da-ša₂-DINGIR | From Aqdaša-ilu. |
| 9 | u₂-nam-maš šum₄-ma IGI.MEŠ-ku-nu | If your eyes |
| 10 | a-na dul-lu e-ba-še | to the work he has done |
| 11 | KUG.UD še-bi-la na-ši | He brings the silver and takes it. |
| 12 | dul-lu ina pu-u-te me-eh-ri-ni | The work is due from the other side. |
| 13 | ne₂-pu-uš u₂-ma-a | Now then |
| 14 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD rab-bi-u | 5 minas of large silver, |
| 15 | ina UGU-in-ni | against us |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | i-rab-bi | will increase. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ar₂-hiš KUG.UD ša₂ {kuš}SAL.MEŠ | After the silver of the sandals |
| 2 | ha-na-a-te gab-bu | all the hanātu-offerings |
| 3 | lil-li-ka | may he come |
| 4 | ANŠE.NITA₂ ina ŠA₃ 56 GIN₂ | A donkey in exchange for 56 shekels |
| 5 | TA IGI {m}{iti}AB-a-a | from Kanunayu |
| 6 | at-ta-ṣa ar₂-hiš KUG.UD-šu₂ | You, quickly, his silver |
| 7 | e-ṭir a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ | He crossed over to his lords. |
| 8 | is-su-ri ta-qa-bi | You will say: “Issūru, you will kill me’ |
| 9 | ma a-ta-a ANŠE.NITA₂ | "Why the donkey? |
| 10 | TA ha-an-na-ka | from Hana |
| 11 | iš-ši-a | with him(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 12 | ANŠE.NITA₂.MEŠ am-mu-u-te | these donkeys |
| 13 | 03-tu₂ ša₂ mu-u-te | a third of the wages |
| 14 | qa-lu i-za-zu | he stands in silence. |
| 15 | ar₂-hiš {m}DUG₃-IM-aš-šur lil-lik | soon Ṭab-šar-Assur may go. |
| t.e. | ||
| 16 | aš-šur {d}ša₂-maš lu | May Aššar (and) Šamaši |
| 17 | lik-ra-bu-ka | May they bless you. |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | {kuš}DA₃.E.SIR₂ 03 TUG₂ tu-bu-ka-a-te | a sandal, 3 tubukātu-garments, |
| 2 | ša₂ {lu₂}ARAD 03.MEŠ an-nu-te di-i-ni lu-bi-[la] | Give me these three servants! |
Sources & licences
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