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GS Cagni, 240 (P522799)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | GS Cagni, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522799 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00845 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 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-F, 2026-10-17), 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 DUMU.MUNUS qi₂-bi₃-DINGIR | to the daughter of Qibi-ili |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}bu-ra-kum-ma | Thus Burakum: |
| 4 | a-na ku-a-ši lu-u₂ ⸢šul⸣-mu | to you may it be an esvul-emu prayer |
| 5 | an-na-ka a-na ia-a-ši [šul]-mu | Here it is well with me. |
| 6 | ma-an-nu IGI-MEŠ SIG₅ ⸢le-mu⸣-[ur] | Who can see (them)? Good elû-plant |
| 7 | u₃ da-ba-ab-ki DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣ | and your utterance is sweet, |
| 8 | ⸢liš-me⸣ a-na a-ma-ri-ki | “I have come to you |
| 9 | [lib₃]-⸢bi⸣ ma-di-iš | the heart of a man |
| 10 | [i-ṣe]-⸢ha⸣-an-ni | he shall replace me |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | [...] qa-a-di | ... the ground |
| r | ||
| 12 | {m}⸢EN⸣-i-di-in | Bel-iddin |
| 13 | ul-te-bi-la-ak-ki | I have sent to you. |
| 14 | NIN a-ha-a-te | sister of Aḫāte |
| 15 | lu 2 ni-gal-la ⸢URUDU⸣ | or 2 large copper bowls, |
| 16 | u₃ lu ZABAR | or bronze, |
| 17 | NIN a-ha-a-te | sister of Aḫāte |
| 18 | lu tu-še-bi-la | you should have brought. |
| 19 | NIN a-ha-a-te | sister of Aḫāte |
| 20 | ṭe₂-em-ša | to be heard |
| 21 | šul-ma-an-ša | to be smitten |
| 22 | lu taš-pu-ra | you should have written. |
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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