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KUG 34 (P283891)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283891 |
| 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 sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to that which is like me. |
| 2 | um-ma {d}en-lil2-ba-ni-ma | thus Enlil-bani: |
| 3 | mi3-szu sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni | What is it that you wrote me? |
| 4 | um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma / t,up-pa2-am | Thus (says) Atunu: a tablet |
| 5 | ha-ar-ma-am i-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im | a harvest in the granary |
| 6 | ne2-mu-ur-ma 6(asz) _gu2_ 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ | Nēmur: 6 talents 2 1/2 minas |
| 7 | _an-na_ / i-na t,up-pi2-im / ha-ar-mi3-im | tin on a tablet of harim |
| 8 | sza ka3-ri-im / la2-pi2-it / i-nu-mi3 | of the quay was cut off. At that time, |
| 9 | t,up-pa2-am / ta-ah-ri-ma-ni-ni / isz-tu3 | You have sent me a tablet. From |
| 10 | ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a / a-he-e / a-na ka3-ni#-isz | The Timilians, brothers, to the kānish |
| 11 | u2-ta-e-ra-ma / _an-na_-ki / u2 _tug2 hi_-a | he returned, and your An, the plants and textiles |
| 12 | qa2-tam2 a-na _ku3-babbar_ / u2-ta-e-ru-ma | a gift for silver they returned, and |
| 13 | isz-tu3 3(disz) _ma-na-ta_ / mu-t,a2-e | After 3 minas he shall pay. |
| 14 | 2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ / ni-is-ha-tim / u2-s,a-hi-ru-ni-ni | 2 minas of nisḫātum they brought to me. |
| 15 | t,up-pa2-am / za-ku-am / sza _an-na_-ki-a | A sealed tablet of Anu. |
| 16 | u3 _tug2 hi_-a sza 1(asz) _gu2_ 7(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1/3(disz) _gin2_ | and a garment of 1 talent 7 1/3 minas 1/3 shekel |
| 17 | _ku3-babbar_ / t,up-pa2-am / za-ku-am / ta-ah-ri-ma-nim | the silver of the tablet is cleared and returned. |
| 18 | u2 na-asz2-pe3-er-tak2-nu / za-ku-tam2 | and the našpērtakku-offering is cleared. |
| 19 | a-he-e / a-na ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a | the brothers to Timillia |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ub-lam-ma na-asz2-pe3-er-tak2-nu | he brought, and the našpertaknu |
| 2 | u2-ka3-al / sza ki-ma / i-re-esz15 | he will hold. That which like |
| 3 | t,up#-pi3#-im / ha#-ra-mi3-im / 3(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | a tablet of the harāmu-offerings at 3 minas each |
| 4 | mu-t,a2-e / 2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | deficit: 2 minas |
| 5 | ni-is-ha-tim / u2-s,a-he-ru-ni-ni | they sent me the nisḫātum-gift. |
| 6 | u4-ma-am / ta-sza-pa2-ra-nim um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma | Today you wrote to me, thus: "Atunu, |
| 7 | 5(disz) _ma-na-ta_ mu-t,a2-e / u3 ni-is-ha-tim | 5 minas, deficit and losses |
| 8 | _e2_ ka3-ri-im / u2-s,a-hi-ru-ni-a-ti2-ma | the kārīm-house they brought to me, and |
| 9 | 5(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na an-na_ nu-sze2-s,i2-am | 5 talents 28 2/3 minas of tin were not brought in. |
| 10 | i-nu-mi3 / t,up-pa2-am ta-ah-ri-ma-ni-ni | At that time, when you received my tablet, |
| 11 | 5(disz) _ma-na-ta_ / u2-s,a-hi-ru-nim / u4-ma-am | 5 minas of lead, daily |
| 12 | i-sze2-ep / _an-na_ 5(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | 5 minas of lead |
| 13 | usz-ta-asz2-ni-u2-ma / u2-s,a-hi-ru-nim a-ba-u2-a | My father, when he had sworn by the command of my father, |
| 14 | be-lu-a a-tu3-nu / a-ma-kam / ka3-ra-am | O lord, yours is the word, it is overwhelming. |
| 15 | mu-uh3-ra-ma pu-ku-nu / pi2-te2-a-ma / ki-ma | Receive and accept! Open your mouth! Like |
| 16 | i-re-esz15 t,up-pi3-im / na-al-pu-tim | The one who reads a tablet, the one who erases it |
| 17 | mu-t,a2-e u3 ni-is-ha-tim / u2-s,a-hi-ru-ni-ni | “The debtor and the debtor have turned against me. |
| 18 | szi2-ti2 _an-na_-ki-a / er-sza-ma / ku-un-ka3-ma | “The life of the Anuna gods was established for you, |
| 19 | a-nu-ur-ki-li di2-na-ma / lu-ub-lam | I want to speak to Anur-kīli, so that I may bring it. |
| 20 | a-ba-u2-a / a-tu3-nu / i-_ku3-babbar_{pi3-im} | Aba'ua, Atunu, the silver |
| 21 | szal2-sza-tim / szi2-im _tug2 hi_-a / wa-asz2-bu-um | the šalszātum-disease, the smell of the garment, the wailing |
| 22 | u2 la2-szu-um / u2 qa2-di2 / la2-szu-im / _ku3-babbar_ | “If he is ill, he will be ill. If he has been ill with a qadî-disease, the silver |
| 23 | szal2-sza-tim qa2-ta-ti2-szu-nu | a loss are their hands. |
| left | ||
| 1 | il5-qe2-u2 / u2 a-na-ku / a-szi2-ra-am / la2 i-szu-ma i-na | they took, and I, the širām priestess, did not have, and in |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a ra-pu-da-ku ih-da-ma _ku3-babbar_ szal2-sza-ti2-a | I am a rāpudû of silver, I have received, and the silver is my complete price. |
| 3 | li-qe2-a-nim a-ba-u2-a be-lu-a / a-tu3-nu la2 a-sza-ki?-isz? | May my father, my lord, take me away! |
| 4 | u2 a-na-ku a-te2-er-ti2-ku-nu a-na-hi-id | And I have returned to you, I have sought you out. |
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