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KUG 33 (P283890)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283890 |
| Museum no. | UG — |
| Collection | Universitätsbibliothek, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany |
| 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 | a-na puzur4#-[x x] | to Puzur-... |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma um#-ma# | speak! Thus |
| 3 | a-szur3#-tak2-la-ku-ma | Assur-taklāku |
| 4 | 2(disz) t,up-pu-u2 sza hu-bu-ul# | 2 tablets of debts |
| 5 | u2-s,u2-ur-szi2-esz18-dar | Uṣuršī-ištar, |
| 6 | 1(disz){isz-te2-en6} sza 2(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 4(disz)# _gin2_ | 1 ... of 2 minas 14 shekels |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ | silver |
| 8 | sza hu-bu-ul | of the debt |
| 9 | a-szur3-sag10# | Assursag |
| 10 | _szunigin_ 3(disz) t,up-pe2-e | total: 3 tablets |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-mur-dingir a-na | Amur-ilī to |
| 2 | puzur4-a-szur3 a-na | Puzur-Assur to |
| 3 | na-ab2-sze2-e-em ip-qi2-id | he entrusted to him. |
| 4 | i-na 2(disz) t,up-pe2 sza hu-bu-ul | From the two tablets of the loss |
| 5 | u2-s,u2-ur-szi2-esz18-dar szu-mi3-i | Uṣuršī-ištar, my name, |
| 6 | a-bi4-ni la2-pi3-it | his father was killed. |
| 7 | i-na sza a-szur-_sag10_ szu-mi3-i | In that of Ashur-resha, my name |
| 8 | im-di2-lim u2-du-u2 | he made prosper. |
| 9 | a-hi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 10 | i-hi-id-[ma i-nu-mi3 a-na] | he hired, and when to |
| 11 | _e2_ [puzur4-a-szur3] | the house of Puzur-Assur |
| left | ||
| 1 | ba-ra-e-em e-ru-bu-ni | they did not enter, |
| 2 | i-zi-iz-ma t,up-pe3 sza a-bi4-ni | he stood, and the tablet of our father |
| 3 | li-qe2-ma isz-ti2-ka3 | take, and with you |
| 4 | li-ib-szi2-u2 | he shall reside. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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