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CTMMA 1, 079 (P273584)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CTMMA 1, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273584 |
| Museum no. | MMA 66.245.08 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni-ma | Thus Ninšubur-bani: |
| 2 | a-na a-mur-dingir qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Āmur-ilum: |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 _tug2 hi-a_ sza ik-ri-bi4-a | Ašumī, the garments of my prayer |
| 5 | uz2-ni pi3-te2 _tug2 hi-a_ i-na | the uznu-disease, the opening of the garments |
| 6 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim a-na 1(u) ha-am-sza-tim | Burušḫatum for 10 hamšātum |
| 7 | _dam-gar3_ a-qi2-ip-ma | the merchant I appointed, and |
| 8 | u4-mu-szu / ma-al-u2 | His days are long. |
| 9 | isz-tu3 _iti-kam_ s,u2-ha-ra-am | from month “ṣuḫarām |
| 10 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | to Burušḫatum |
| 11 | a-s,e2-er u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur | Aṣer-Uṣur-ša-Assur, |
| 12 | asz2-ta-par2 _dam-gar3 ku3-babbar_ | I sent. The merchant of silver |
| 13 | u2-sza-asz2-qal-ma u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum | he shall raise up and bring you up. |
| 14 | u3 _dam-gar3 igi_ u2-s,ur-sza-esz18-dar | and the merchant before Uṣur-šaštar |
| 15 | a-qi2-ip-szu a-ma-kam | I asked him, and he said: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-il5-szu a-hi a-ta | his brother, a brother |
| 2 | eb-ri a-ta sa3-he-er-tum | (Sum) The ebru priestess, from the water, the saḫertum priest (Akk) From the water the ebru priestesses |
| 3 | sza i-na t,up-pi3-a | which on my tablet |
| 4 | la2-pu-ta-at-ku-ni u3 _tug2 hi-a_ | I shall release you, and the clothing |
| 5 | a-na li-tab-szi2#-[a] sze2-bi4-lam | send it to me! |
| 6 | ba-lum2 _tug2 hi-a_ [wa-asz2]-ba-ku | without a garment I shall wear. |
| 7 | lu-be-er-szu / u2? [hu]-la#-li | “Let me raise him up(?), the hulalu-plant, |
| 8 | la-bu-sza-ku x x x ni-a-szur | [Let] me be sated [......] for Ašši[r]. |
| 9 | a-sza-me-ma a-na tur4-hu-mi3-it | I ask and to Turḫumit |
| 10 | ha-ra-ka3 a-pu-tum i-hi-id-ma | (Sum) The apsûtu-demon went out to the quay (Akk) He went to the canal and |
| 11 | ba-bi4-isz _tug2 hi-a_ u3 _an-na_ | ... garments and tin |
| 12 | ri-e-szu-nu na-asz2-u2-ni | their ... was brought. |
| 13 | la2-ma ma-ma-an e-ti2-qa2-ni | no one has passed by, |
| 14 | et-qa2-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | he has taken, and 1 mina of silver |
| 15 | u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ sze2-li | and 2 minas of wool |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-hi a-ta 1(disz) mu-sa3-ra-am | “My brother, from the side of the water, 1 musara’m, |
| 2 | _sag10_ a-na qa2-ab2-li-a | a good thing in my heart |
| 3 | sze2-bi4-lam e-ri-im-tam2 | send to me! |
| 4 | i-qa2-ab2-li-a sza-ak-na-ku | “He will say to me, I am set up. |
Sources & licences
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