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KUG 41 (P283898)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 41 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283898 |
| 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-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma wa-wa-li-ma# | Speak! Thus Wawali: |
| 3 | a-di2 be2-er-di2 sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | as far as the border of what you wrote me, |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 5 | a-da2-na-ku-um a-na si2-ka3-tim | I will give to you for the wool. |
| 6 | i-t,i2-s,i2 i-na tu3-a-ri-szu | he will recover. At his return |
| 7 | i-da-szu-<nu>-ma u2-szi2-ra-szu-nu | he will give them, and he shall redeem them. |
| 8 | u3 a-na _uruda_ | and for copper |
| 9 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 10 | lu sza li-bi-a | or of my heart |
| 11 | lu sza _e2-gal_-lim! | or of the palace |
| 12 | u2-sze2#-[ba-la2]-ma u3 te2-er-ti2-ni | he shall carry out, and the remission |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-la2-ka3-ku-um | he will weigh out. |
| 2 | 1(u) _dug?_ ar-be2-e ki-ra-ni#? | 10 jars of arbê-confection; |
| 3 | du10-a-a na-asz2-a-ku-um | “Dumāya, I am the one who is responsible for it, |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 sza du10-a-a | my name which is good, |
| 5 | im?-tal-a-ni te2-er-tam2-ka3 | he approached, a letter |
| 6 | sza wa-ah-szu-sza-na | of Waḫšušana |
| 7 | u2-qa2-i3 | uqāi-plant |
Sources & licences
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