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Edubba 10, 55 (P522541)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Edubba 10, 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522541 |
| Museum no. | IM 132236 |
| 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 | ⸢IM⸣ {1}EN-⸢GIŠ⸣ [(x x)] | A tablet of Bel-lešir(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | a-na {1}ma-x+[x-x-(x-x)] | to Ma(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | 02 ME UDU-MEŠ ša {1}[x-x-(x-x)] | 200 sheep of ,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | iš-šu-u-ni 0 | there ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5 | 01 ME a-na-ku a-⸢ti⸣-[ši] | I myself am 100.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | 01 ME am-mu ut-ru-te | 100 (shekels of) red wool, |
| 7 | ina bir-tu-ni u₂-tar | he will return it between us. |
| 8 | 50 a-a-ši bi-la 50-ma | Multiply 50 by 0;50, so that 1;50 will come up. |
| 9 | šu-u-tu₂ liš-ši | That one may be. |
| 10 | 02 pa-da-ka-te ša 01 ME-a-a | 2 loaves of bread for 100 (shekels each); |
| 11 | [ina] kas₂-pi SUM-ni | He shall pay the silver in full. |
| 12 | 01 ANŠE.NITA₂ ina ŠA₃-bi 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD | One donkey for half a mina of silver. |
| 13 | a-na {1}U.GUR-KALAG SUM-ni | to Nergal-daʾʾān given. |
| 14 | ŠE x-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ 03 MA.NA KUG.UD | ... for 3 minas of silver(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | a-na {1}si-ri-hi-me | to Siriḫimu |
| 16 | {uru}HI-na-ta-a-a SUM-ni | he gave to the city Ḫinataya. |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 ia-mu-ni URU la-ša₂ | 10 ... of the city are missing. |
| 2 | x x 01 MA.NA KUG.<UD> i-ta-a | he has taken one mina of silver. |
| 3 | 20 kap-pa-ni URUDU i-ti-ši | 20 copper bowls he brought. |
| 4 | 11 ZI-MEŠ i-ti-ši | 11 persons have taken. |
| 5 | a-a-ši 11 i-ta-na | 11 times he divides. |
| 6 | 03 am-mu-te ina bir-tu-ni | 3 young goats between us, |
| 7 | ša-an-ši-il | he lifts |
| 8 | 05 ANŠE 01 AN.NA-MEŠ i-ti-ši | 5 imāru (and) 1 tin he took. |
| 9 | a-a-ši ši-ih i-ta-na | He pours water, and he pours it. |
| 10 | la a-hu-la-a ina pa-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ | I do not fear him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | iq-bi ma-a ANŠE.NITA₂-⸢ia⸣ | He said: "My donkey(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | {mi₂}ma-sa-ni-tu₂ mi₃-nu x+[x-(x)] | Masanītu, what ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | ana-ku-ma HA.LA an-ni-[tu₂] | I and this share(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [x x x x] u₂ gur [x x] | [......] gur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15 | [x x x x]+x mu na [x x] | ... year ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16 | [x x x] x hi hu [x x (x)] | |
| 17 | [x x x]-šu₂ ta ra [x x] | his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
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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