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KUG 39 (P283896)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 39 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283896 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma# um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | la2-ma-su2-tum-ma | Lamasūtum |
| 4 | {d}iszkur-ba-ni | Iškur-bani, |
| 5 | ur-du-um | Urdum |
| 6 | wa-ra-ad-ka3 | of Waradka, |
| 7 | szu-ma a-bi a-ta | If the father from the father |
| 8 | i-na a-hi-a | on my side |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-ma-an | nobody |
| 2 | la2 u2-pa2-ra-su2 | he will not release him. |
| 3 | ma-asz2-ka3-na-tu3-ka3 | of Maškanatu |
| 4 | ka3-a-na / wa-ar-dam | his gate is opened. |
| 5 | 1(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_ | 1 shekel each of silver |
| 6 | i-ma-asz2-ka3-na-ti2-ka3 | shall place for you. |
| 7 | sza-di2-szu-ma | his loins and |
| 8 | sze2-bi-lam | send me! |
| 9 | a-bi# a-ta | the father from the father |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ a-szur la2-ak-ru-ba-kum | before Assur, lā-akriba-kum |
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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