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KUG 46 (P283903)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KUG 46 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283903 |
| 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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | qi2-bi2#-[ma x x] | speak ... |
| 4 | i-na [...] | in ... |
| 5 | u2?-[s,u2-ur]-sza#-esz18-dar# | Uṣurša-ištar |
| 6 | [a-hi a-ta] eb#-ri a-ta | “Alas, from the water, ebru from the waters, |
| 7 | a-ma#-la# / a-na-kam / ta-ta-wa#-ni | “Ala, what have you done to me? |
| 8 | i-hi-id-ma | he weighed out, and |
| 9 | lu szi2-im _an-na_ | or the šīm of An |
| 10 | lu szi2-im ku-ta-ni | or a fate of his own, |
| 11 | lu szi2-im _ansze_ | or the price of a donkey |
| 12 | sza a-ta tar2-de8-u2 | who from the water has departed, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu szi2-im 5(u) 3(disz) _tug2 hi_-a | or a ši₂-measure, 53 garments |
| 2 | sza _uruda_ / isz-tu3 | of copper from |
| 3 | _e2-gal_-lim ur-da-ni-<<ma>> | the palace of Ur-danima |
| 4 | _uruda_ / i-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im | copper in the granary |
| 5 | i-ba-szi2-u2 / lu sza su2-hu-pi2-im | there is, be it that of a šuḫūpu. |
| 6 | sza _illat_-at kur-ub-esz18-dar | of the flood of Kurub-Ishtar. |
| 7 | sza# szu-mi3 im-di2-dingir | whose name is Imdi-ilum |
| 8 | i-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im | in the granary |
| 9 | la#-ap2-tu3 / a-hi a-ta | Lapis lazuli, brother of Arata |
| 10 | [i]-hi#-id-ma | he weighed out and |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... i]-hi#-id-ma | ... he counted, and |
| 2 | [sze2-bi-lam] | send me! |
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